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MAKE CHANGE A POSITIVE PART OF YOUR LIFE

You must avoid breaking when things don't go your way.
You'll always be secure to the degree that you accept change.

True security comes from being able to bend your insecurities.

Recognize and accept that change will inevitably take place. You'll
become secure, not by standing still, but by growing, moving, and
staying energized.
Be secure in the knowledge that you can deal with anything that happens to you.

Have the courage to bet on your ideas.
Take some calculated risks and act on your dreams.

There is no permanent security on this earth, there is only opportunity.

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EVER WINNER HAS SCARS

Life is made up of a series of experiences.
Each one will make you stronger, even though it may be hard for you to
realize it at the time.

Life is your classroom in which you're being tested, tried, and passed.
Always try to stay in the midst of life and activity. Don't isolate
yourself from the action.
Your character develops itself in the stream of life.

The setbacks and hardships you endure actually help you in your march
forward to success. The world was built to develop your character.

Life expects you to make progress in reasonable time. That's why those
elementary school chairs are so small.

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ALL PERSONAL GROWTH INVOLVES CHANGE

Personal growth is the process of responding positively to change. It
involves risk as you step from the known to the unknown.

All your growth will depend on your activity.
Your strength and growth will come only through continuous effort and
struggle. There will be no development without effort.

Trouble is the common denominator of living.
It is the great equalizer of life.
Your trials, your sorrows and your grief's will develop you.

When good or bad fortune comes your way, you must give it meaning and
transform it into something of value.

What happens to you is not as important as your reaction to what is happening.

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YOU MAKE YOUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES

Your destiny isn't a matter of chance, it's a matter of choice.
It's not something you wait for, but rather something you pursue.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities.
Seize common occasions and make them great.

Opportunities sometimes come disguised in the form of misfortune or
temporary defeat.

Start where you are.
You're at this moment standing right in the middle of opportunity.

Act on your dreams and you can have them.

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Everyone who got where they are had to begin where they were. Your
opportunity for success is right in front of you.

To attain success or to reach your goal, don't worry about having all
the answers in advance. You just need to have a clear idea of your
goal and move toward it.

Don't procrastinate when faced with a difficult problem.
Break your problems into parts and handle one part at a time.

Develop a tendency toward action.
You can make something happen today.
Break your big plan for success into small steps and take the first
step right away.

Success starts with your first step.

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You are never given a wish without also being given the power to make
it come true.

The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to it.
If you have the desire, you have the power to attain it.

You can have anything you want in life if you will sacrifice
everything else for it.
Your dreams can come true if you pursue them.

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At any time you can decide to alter the course of your life.
No one can ever take that away from you.
You can do what you want to do and be who you want to be.

Nature is constantly at work around you.
Character and destiny are her handiwork.
She gives you love and hate, jealousy and reverence.

You have the power to choose which impulse you follow.

While your character is formed by your circumstances,
your desires can shape those circumstances.
The one thing over which you have absolute control
are your own thoughts.

It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny.

Your greatest power is the power to choose.

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“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single
thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical
path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must
think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our
lives.”
— Henry David Thoreau

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You can learn from other people to make up for your lack of experience
in any area of life.

Be open and receptive to the people around you.
They have things to teach you.
Take advantage of the people that have made the journey ahead of you.

Try to pick the right role models.
Don't look for people that make you feel good or entertain you.
Look for people that can help you.
Role models are more than people you like and admire.

The key is to look for people that will help you to be more
successful. You can learn from the mistakes of others.
You can learn different approaches to overcoming challenges.

Learning "what not to do" is as important as learning "what to do."

open and receptive to the people around you.
They have things to teach you.
Take advantage of the people that have made the journey ahead of you.

Try to pick the right role models.
Don't look for people that make you feel good or entertain you.
Look for people that can help you.
Role models are more than people you like and admire.

The key is to look for people that will help you to be more
successful. You can learn from the mistakes of others.
You can learn different approaches to overcoming challenges.

Learning "what not to do" is as important as learning "what to do."

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It will be your constant effort to be first class in everything you attempt
that will help you conquer the heights of success.

Always do more than you're supposed to do and you can have, be or do
anything you want.

Do a little more than average and from that point on your progress multiplies
itself out of all proportion to the effort you put in.

You can do a little more each day than you think you can.
There is always a best way of doing everything.

Find it.

To enjoy enduring success, you should travel a little in advance
of the rest of the world.
True success comes from being successful in little things.

Make it your life rule to do your best.

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