* Don’t live according to others’ eyes in the world they made — live your life in the world you made.
* Climbing the mountain matters, but so does coming down. What matters is that both are moving forward.
* Don’t overfight an unjust world — it is bound to change.
If you can’t change this world, at least don’t let this world change you.
* What matters isn’t how many hits you’ve gotten but how many times you’ve stepped up to bat.
* Follow the ABC theory strictly.
Antecedents > Behavior > Consequences.
* A self-led plan + faithful response to unexpected chance = planned happenstance.
career design + career drift = planned happenstance.
* What raises a thought is “inspiration”; what raises the body is “action.”
* “Three-day resolutions”? It’s a natural phenomenon.
A way of life isn’t a resolution; it’s practice.
Miracles are what come about slowly.
There’s no need to be even slightly disappointed, and no need for self-pity.
* One who walks looking only at the ground never goes far.
Don’t feed the past.
Immerse yourself in what is in front of you.
Read one book 100 times.
Strike out proudly and gracefully.
Live a simple and plain life.
Fall one more time.
Raising the body is a new awakening.
Meet your old wounds head-on.
* The Foolish Old Man who moves mountains wins.
Don’t run — walk. Sprint and you can only see right in front of you.
Your thirties, too, are a decade. Don’t anxiously mimic the stride of a stork.
Realize that even with the short stride of a sparrow you can walk with grace.
* It’s not that your boss’s harsh words made you uncomfortable;
you chose a gloomy reaction yourself.
There was a real mistake or need that your boss had felt — that’s all.
* Master the art of reframing.
There’s no certainty, but there is conviction.
Cultivate the habit of self-enchantment.
Don’t demand perfection from the other person.
Others are mirrors reflecting me.
Stop making excuses for yourself.
If you love it, you don’t need to judge it.
Find the connecting links.
Don’t criticize out loud.
Start by planning the time to plan.
* Replace “must” (obligation) with “want.”
* Have unreasoned self-confidence.
When there’s a basis — an excuse or data — we have no choice but to depend on it. Which, in the end, means that when the basis collapses, everything collapses with it.
But unreasoned self-confidence never collapses. That’s why it’s strong.
