An hour or three ago, I was reading through a PDF that I found
online, with 400 motivational quotes in there. A roofing sales company,
Roofing Life, had spread the book online. I don't know if they are
selling tiles or quotes. Was amused to see their name on the last page.
They got the quotes all from the public domain.
The book of 31
pages contain quite a few very insightful quotes, by well-known
motivational speakers such as Dale Carnegie, Earl Nightingale, Zig
Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Napoleon Hill, and others. I thought it would be
worth it to do a quick post about some of the best ones that I
highlighted on the document as reference for myself in the future. I'll
keep the striker for last.
Thomas Edison, that thief of patents
agh sorry inventor, features in there as well, but after I found out
years ago how he ripped off Nikola Tesla, I suspect he stole many of
the wisdom attributed to him from other people too. So he can chuck it,
I'm not quoting anything he allegedly said.
Benjamin Franklin
apparently had enough time on his hands to both run a country and pen
down some great sayings, too. “A man wrapped up in himself makes a very
small bundle.” Right!? This quote of him is what made me type this
post. Why keep those wisdoms to myself, when it can maybe spur a reader
into action to do something great, or lift someone out of a depressed
mood? So I'm typing this in an unbundled posture.
“A strong
foundation at home sets you up for a strong foundation at work”, says
Robin Sharma, a person I've never heard of before, but that has many of
his quotes in the book. This is a sad quote, when one thinks about it.
So many people grow up in unhappy homes, with moaning and bitching and
fighting all the time, by plain incompetent parents whose actions keep
their children back from success. Children from happier homes have a
much better chance to succeed in life.
So if you see me trolling
or attacking a parent somewhere online, just know I'm doing it because
they said something that told me they're such parents to their kids.
Or for one of 27 other reasons.
Want to take up painting? The
following advice can totally only be applied to painting, and nowhere
else in life. “Action is the foundational key to success”, says the
famous painter Pablo Picasso. And there you have it. If you want to have
a pretty bunch of paint on a canvas, you have to take action. Maybe,
and this is just a satirical guess, one can apply this advice to other
aspects of life too. Set a goal, and take action. I like that it is so
short and powerful. The kind of thing people should tattoo on themselves
instead of the Chinese symbols for rice or fortune cookies.
A
common quote, just in different words every time, by several
motivational speakers like Earl Nightingale (one of my three favorites
of all times) is this one from Brian Tracy: “Any thought or action that
you repeat over and over again will eventually become a new habit.”
Napoleon Hill (my second favorite) said: “What you think about, is what
you will become.” Different quotes yes, but damn, so close like damn is
to swearing. Your thoughts determine your actions determine your
success. Pay heed to what goes through your brain, and keep it in check.
Think happy thoughts.
Another recurring quote in different
words by different speakers is this one from a guy I haven't heard
about before either, David J. Schwartz: “Belief triggers the power to
do.”
Hit the brakes, and think about that again. You need to
believe in your goal, as a trigger to get motivated. This is like step
number three on the road to success. (One, have a goal, two, plan the
goal, three, believe in it.) Beliefs are a regular topic among
speakers.
US president Theodore Roosevelt, that also managed to
do some thinking in between running a country, said: “Believe you can,
and you're halfway there.” By that logic – and with me being a critical
fucker that questions what I read before I just fall for it – I must
have 500 million Euros then in my bank account now. Because I believe –
okay, fooled myself – that I have a billion dollars in there. Now just
to convince my bank manager about that for that loan for the yacht I
want. Or maybe I just should not believe what a politician had said.
Another
one I jumped on to highlight, is this one from Robin Sharma: “Clarity
precedes mastery. Craft clear and precise plans/goals/deliverables. And
then block out all else.” This hit a note with me, and Bruce Lee also
said having laser-like focus on a goal is what makes ordinary people
great people. In essence, you need to know where you are going, up to
the dot so you can map it on Google Maps, metaphorically speaking. Your
goal must be one only, and it must be crystal clear.
What will
any book full of quotes – no, I'm not going to type out all 400 of them
from the book, some sucks anyway – be without Mark Twain. One wise old
jackal, that dude. The topic of fear gets discussed in length by every
speaker, and we've all heard many quotes about it. Twain says: “Courage
is not absence of fear, it is control of fear, mastery of fear.”
We
all fear some things. When I read that, I briefly asked myself what
will I be fearing tomorrow when I wake up. Going jogging, my inner
voice replied. Seriously, I keep on postponing going for a daily jog
every morning at daybreak. Why? Fuck knows. I'm proficient in aikido
and it's a safe neighborhood and country, so I am really trying to
figure out as I'm typing here what is holding me back from leaving home
early in the morning for some exercise.
In the whole book,
just two speakers talk about the importance of physical exercise, which
I found really odd. Maybe the Roofing Tiles company guy that had put
the quotes together is not a fan of exercise. But a healthy body
harbors a healthy mind, right. And that is personal experience talking.
Robin Sharma said, and I couldn't sum it up better: “Daily exercise is
an insurance policy against future illness.” That is so true.
“Crush
your fears with action”, Russel Frazier says. Yeah, I don't know if I
would immediately jump on that action without proper thought
beforehand, it sounds a bit rushed to me. Sure I want to go hit a guy –
as an example – but to just jump into action may backfire without
proper planning and a really strong belief in one's fighting abilities.
And training. And preparation. So, keep the final action Rocky-style.
For
me personally, my no. 1 secret to success is and always was,
self-discipline. No matter your goals, plans, actions, and beliefs,
without self-discipline to do what must be done whether you want to or
not at the specified time you determined beforehand, you simply won't
succeed.
For some reason I don't like Brian Tracy, maybe because
his voice annoys me. But he is one sharp cookie, I'll give him that.
He says: “Discipline is what you must have to resist the lure of
excuses.” That latter part of his saying is worth pondering about.
Discipline
is an unpopular topic, which is why motivational speakers tend to
avoid the topic or talk around it. In my experience, it is the lack of
self-discipline that is the sure reason why most people fail. You
cannot get everything to reach a goal done in one day, so when you wake
up on day 2, and day 7 and day 64, discipline is what you'll need to
keep you going when your motivation or passion is a bit low that day.
No time to motivate yourself, perhaps, but you need to take action, and
for that having a strong sense of self-discipline is vital.
On
a more upbeat note, John Wooden says, “Do not let what you cannot do,
interfere with what you can do.” Good advice. Don't focus on the
negative, focus on the positive, do what you can, and while you do it
your brain will find a solution on how to do – or have it done –
something you cannot accomplish yourself.
Me myself spent the
whole week playing with new video editing software, because it was a
hobby of mine years ago. But I'll never be good at video editing,
although I'm very impressed with my efforts. So if I want to get
serious about it, I'll either have to put in more days to learn the
software and its huge array of available transitions and effects and
filters and shit properly, or get someone to do the video editing for
me. So far it is only a hobby, I want to spoof some music videos and
have fun with some politicians. I may upload some amateurish videos to
some sites in the nearby future.
Franklin said: “Early to bed
and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.” Enough said.
Think about it and form that routine. I'm trying, in inverse mode. LOL.
Quite
a few of the many speakers in the book emphasize the importance of
continuous, daily learning, and that fits me like a suit. I study every
single day, something I thoroughly enjoy. Don't let me end up on
Wikipedia, I only get out of there hours later. And I'm not just
browsing, I'm making notes, then turn those notes into questions and
answers, before adding it to the superb software Anki. Seriously, google
that free open source program, and get the app too, and start using it.
You'll do yourself a huge favor to learn anything faster and more
efficient.
Heard of Jim Rohn before? Think I've heard his name
the first time when I watched the religon-like movie The Secret, about
the ‘Law’ of Attraction. That's no law, bullshit, man. But it is
nevertheless a brilliant principle, to focus on what you want instead of
on problems. That is the essence of that law.
Anyway, Rohn made
the following quote famous: “Either you run the day, or the day runs
you." To add to that, I'd like to say – and you can check it for
yourself tomorrow – that ‘the first hour of each day determines the rest
of your day.’ See, now I'm gonna become famous too. LMAO. Do not do
social media on the potty on your phone the first hour after you wake
up, use that hour to use a learning app or read a book or meditate or
exercise, or something that will set you up for success.
Damn,
how did this article get this long! And I still have to browse through
340 quotes to talk about the best ones I found. Maybe keep it for
another article in the future, if enough readers – read: you – indicates
that you like this one.
But let me close off here with a last
quote, that I called the striker earlier, that touched me deeply: “You
will not have a successful life surrounded by negative people.”
People
gives off energy, either positive or negative. Or call it a vibe, if
you want. But it affects everyone around them. If you are constantly in
the presence of ‘bad’ energy, it will influence and poison your mind.
How can you write a sales pitch, or study for an exam, or be creative,
when someone is around that moan and bitch the whole time?
It is a
form of emotional abuse you're being subjected to, and it is absolutely
deadly to both your physical as your mental health. The best advice I
have is, if you are in such a situation, is to get the fuck away from
there.
I traveled several countries and experienced a lot, and I
can tell you, there is nothing as bad as having negative people around
you. And in all cases I've seen, it's always family subconsciously
wronging other family members. For a variety of reasons, but
nevertheless an unacceptable state of affairs that keeps on and on.
Victims fear leaving that ‘comfort’ zone. Thus, the abuse continues.
I
feel that if you are in such a situation, cut all ties with your
family, do whatever you can, but do not let your family kill you slowly.
Leave, change your circumstances, get away from toxic people. Time and
health are your two most precious assets, don't let anyone take any of
it from you. You deserve to laugh and be happy.
Hope you found this post insightful, and apologies for it being so long.
TAGS: motivational, family, quotes, happiness, Law of Attraction, Napoleon Hill, Thomas Edison, Theodore Roosevelt, Brian Tracey, Benjamin Franklin, Mark Twain, Jim Rohn
**This article first appeared on my blog at https://steemit.com/hive-107252/@remil/do-not-let-your-family-destroy-your-fortune
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