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John C. Maxwell Quote on Setting Yourself Up For Success

    “Set the tone for your day by treating people better than you expect to be treated by them. Be the first to smile. Express your appreciation for them. Expect the best out of them. If you act first, you will set yourself up for success.”

    John C. Maxwell, Today Matters

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    One thing is for sure, the opposite certainly won’t set you up for success. You can treat people worse than you expect them to treat you. You can wait to smile until they smile at you. You can withhold any appreciation you might have towards others and express gratitude only when it would be rude not to. You can expect the worst out of them. The thing is, though, if you wait to act, you will be outsourcing part of your success onto them—to people and circumstances out of your control. And is success even possible if it’s out of your control?

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    Rupi Kaur Quote on Love and How Love Isn’t Cruel Or A Game

      “love is not cruel

      we are cruel

      love is not a game

      we have made a game

      out of love”

      Rupi Kaur, Milk and Honey (Page 127)

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      To all those who suffer from heartbreak, don’t blame love. Love is forever flowing and ever present throughout all that is. Love isn’t one person. Love is what connects us to infinite warmth, gratitude, and grace. Love isn’t temporary. To blame love for being cruel is to blame your entire body when just one cell is at fault. Love is far bigger than any one person. Love is the understructure that provides the foundation for all that is kind, just, and joyous. Love is not cruel.

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      Dalai Lama Quote on Remembering A Person After They Pass

        “The best way to keep a memory of a person [who has passed away], the best remembrance, is to see if you can carry on the wishes of that person.”

        Dalai Lama, The Art of Happiness

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        I would go one step further and say that the best remembrance is, not just to carry on the wishes of the person who passed, but to embody the best of who that person was. Wishes come from a place of deep and personal desire—they are goals derived from a person’s unique characteristic makeup. Who a person is isn’t a reflection of these wishes—their thoughts—but rather is a reflection of the actions they took throughout their life. Wishes are inside a person’s mind, character is reflected in the actions of their body. We can only interpret and truthfully judge the latter.

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        Brianna Wiest Quote on The Point Of Mountains

          “One day, the mountain that is in front of you will be so far behind you, it will barely be visible in the distance. But the person you become in learning to get over it? That will stay with you forever. And that is the point of the mountain.”

          Brianna Wiest

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          Yesterday, two friends and I set out to do a 14 mile hike through three high peaks in the Adirondack Mountains. We knew from the get-go that it was going to be strenuous and intense at times, but that’s a part of the experience. You can’t just walk on flat ground if you want to summit a mountain. If you want the reward that comes with summiting, you have to conquer all of the challenges that come with hiking. No challenge, no reward.

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          Jordan Peterson Quote on The Power of Vision and Direction for Personal Development

            “Don’t underestimate the power of vision and direction.  These are irresistible forces, able to transform what might appear to be unconquerable obstacles into traversable pathways and expanding opportunities.  Strengthen the individual.  Start with yourself.  Take care with yourself.  Define who you are.  Refine your personality.  Choose your destination and articulate your Being.”

            Jordan Peterson, via 12 Rules for Life (Page 63)

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            Maps are incredibly useful tools. They chart the unknown territory for us. They show us the way forward. They help us get to where we want to go. And usually, that’s one of the first things we think about when we grab a map—where they can take us. Thinking up where we want to go is easy. New York City! Yellowstone National Park! Australia! We might say. Or, if we’re thinking about where we want to go in life, we might say, “The top of the corporate ladder!” “Until I get a blue checkmark on Instagram!” “To a beautiful mansion with a white picket fence!” But, where they can take us means nothing if we don’t know where we are. And this is the imperative first question to consider—where are you?

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            Richard Carlson Quote on How Wherever You Go, There You Are.

              “Something wonderful begins to happen with the simple realization that life, like an automobile, is driven from the inside out, not the other way around. As you focus more on becoming more peaceful with where you are, rather than focusing on where you would rather be, you begin to find peace right now, in the present. Then, as you move around, try new things, and meet new people, you carry that sense of inner peace with you. It’s absolutely true that, ‘Wherever you go, there you are.’”

              Richard Carlson, Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff

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              One of the tragedies that we experience every day is missing out on the moment because we’re somewhere else. Our consciousness is constantly twisted up in what already happened and what we’re anticipating might happen next. And I’m not talking about a few moments out of every day—I’m talking about the vast majority of our moments every day. Let’s see how the following examples sits with you.

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              Richard Branson Quote on Living In Every Moment—Not A Select Few Moments

                “I don’t think of work as work and play as play.  It’s all living.”

                Richard Branson, via Talk Like TED

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                When you are able to live life completely immersed in the present moment, Richard Branson is dead on, it’s ALL living. It doesn’t matter what you’re doing, where you are, or who you’re with—it’s all a part of the whole life experience and we should be soaking it ALL in for what it is. For, what else do we ever have besides this moment? If we’re not living in this moment now, are we reserving life for a future point in time? When we lose touch with “the now” and mentally wander elsewhere, are we voluntarily letting go of chunks of our life? Let’s break it down.

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                Ryan Holiday Quote on How Being Present May Be The Hardest Thing In The World

                  “Being present demands all of us.  It’s not nothing.  It may be the hardest thing in the world.”

                  Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key (Page 25)

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                  If you’ve ever tried to meditate, then you know how hard it is to be completely present for even a moment of time. Our brains are like monkeys diagnosed with ADD who just drank Red Bulls after taking a long nap—they’re out of control. We’re constantly wandering to different trains of thought, replaying past situations, simulating future situations, and thinking about seemingly random and arbitrary things like monkeys and Red Bull and squirrels.

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                  Isaac Pitman Quote on Arranging Your Mind By Arranging Your Time

                    “Well arranged time is the surest mark of a well arranged mind.”

                    Sir Isaac Pitman

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                    Have you ever laid into bed at the end of a day and wondered… what just happened? Like the whole day felt like a big blur? And even after a few minutes of reflection, you still can’t quite get it all straight? This is a common effect of living a reactive and unplanned lifestyle. If you go into the day with a blurry vision of what you need to do, then, it follows that you’ll come out on the other side with a blurry memory of what you did.

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                      “Friends are the real superheroes. They battle our worst enemies—loneliness, grief, anxiety, depression, fear, and doubt—every time they come around.”

                      Richelle E. Goodrich