Your passion becomes a purpose when you use it to serve others.
JAY SHETTYEveryone has a story, and sometimes our egos choose to ignore that. Don’t take everything personally—it is usually not about you.
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You are not your success or your failure.
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Higher values propel and elevate us toward happiness, fulfillment, and meaning. Lower values demote us toward anxiety, depression, and suffering.
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A layperson who is consciously aiming to be continuously alive in the Now is a monk.
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Negativity is a trait, not someone’s identity.
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I can use my awareness of my fear as a tool to help me make decisions that are truly in line with my values and purpose.
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Whatever action is performed by a great man, common men follow in his footsteps, and whatever standards he sets by exemplary acts, all the world pursues.
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We can’t stop our parents from dying, but we use the fear to remind us to spend more time with them.
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Don’t judge the moment.
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Actually, the greatest detachment is being close to everything and not letting it consume and own you. That’s real strength.
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Our search is never for a thing, but for the feeling we think the thing will give us.
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The arrogant ego desires respect, whereas the humble worker inspires respect.
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No matter how much we grow, we are never free of daily chores and routines, but to be enlightened is to embrace them. The outside may look the same, but inside you are transformed.
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Our values are influenced by whatever absorbs our minds.
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Monks understand that routine frees your mind, but the biggest threat to that freedom is monotony. People complain about their poor memories, but I’ve heard it said that we don’t have a retention problem, we have an attention problem.
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Every night when I’m falling asleep, I say to myself, I am relaxed, energized, and focused. I am calm, enthusiastic, and productive.
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