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If you experience chronic difficulties in a particular area of your life, there’s a strong chance that the root of the problem is a failure to accept reality as it is.

Steve Pavlina

Treat your business relationships like friendships (or potential friendships). Formality puts up walls, and walls don’t foster good business relationships. No one is loyal to a wall… except the one in China.
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Business Formality Loyal Wall
The exact process you use to build courage isn’t important. What’s important is that you consciously do it. Just as your muscles will atrophy if you don’t regularly stress them, your courage will atrophy if you don’t consistently challenge yourself to face down your fears.
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Exercise Fear Stress
Are you one of those people who notices the problems of the world and says … somebody ought to do something about that? Why not you? If you feel a strong urge to see a problem fixed, then why not act on it?
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People Strong Thought Provoking
Realize that you earn income by providing value – not time – so find a way to provide your best value to others, and charge a fair price for it.
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Income Time Work
Achieving meaningful goals requires that you commit your entire ass, not just one cheek.
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Goal Meaningful Thought Provoking
One of the secrets to success is recognizing that motivation follows action.
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Action Motivation Secret
It’s funny that when people reach a certain age, such as after graduating college, they assume it’s time to go out and get a job. But like many things the masses do, just because everyone does it doesn’t mean it’s a good idea.
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Funny Jobs Mean
Passion and purpose go hand in hand. When you discover your purpose, you will normally find it’s something you’re tremendously passionate about.
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Football Hands Passion Tremendous
You must give before you can get.
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Before Get Giving
In the absence of this kind of conscious conditioning, you’ll automatically become weak in both body and mind. If you aren’t regularly exercising your courage, then you are strengthening your fear by default; there is no middle ground.
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Automatically Exercising Kind Strengthening
To work effectively you need uninterrupted blocks of time in which you can complete meaningful work… I’ve found that a minimum of 90 minutes is ideal for a single block.
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Block Meaningful Needs
Using passion as your only fuel will no more assure you of success than being in love will ensure a successful long-term relationship.
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Being Inspirational Love Passion
If you dislike the answers you’re getting from life, try asking better questions.
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Answers Asking Trying
For good or ill, your habits will make or break you.
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Break Habit Inspirational Make
Hard work is painful when life is devoid of purpose. But when you live for something greater than yourself and the gratification of your own ego, then hard work becomes a labor of love.
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Ego Smart Work
You must assume 100% responsibility for your financial life. If you’re going to improve your situation, you have to put the full burden of doing so squarely on your own shoulders. First and foremost, you must hold yourself responsible.
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Firsts Money Responsibility

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