You are, at this moment, standing, right in the middle of your own ‘acres of diamonds.’
It is not what happens to you in life that makes the difference. It is how you react to each circumstance you encounter that determines the result. Every human being in the same situation has the possibilities of choosing how he will react – either positively or negatively.
Work never killed anyone. It’s worry that does the damage. And the worry would disappear if we’d just settle down and do the work.
But most people live a life of quiet mediocrity and never achieve the success they truly desire because they get impatient. They want easy success or none at all. They see the path to success as a frustration, an impediment. Each day spent short of the ultimate goal is viewed as a time of failure and as an annoyance. As such, they get distracted by hundreds of little things that each day try to get us off our course. Yet the successful among us know the truth:.
There is a time when one must decide either to risk everything to fulfill one’s dreams or sit for the rest of one’s life in the backyard.
Life should be an exciting adventure. It should never be a bore. A man should live fully, be alive. He should be glad to get out of bed in the morning. He should be doing a job that he likes to do because he does it well. One.
Think about your goal in a relaxed, positive way. Picture yourself in your mind’s eye as having already achieved this goal. See your self doing the things you will be doing when you have reached your goal.
Do each day all that can be done that day. You don’t need to overwork or to rush blindly into your work trying to do the greatest possible number of things in the shortest possible time.
Learn to enjoy every minute of your life. Be happy now. Don’t wait for something outside of yourself to make you happy in the future.
I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if they can’t find them, make them.
Nothing great was ever accomplished without inspiration. See.
When a man is pushed, tormented, defeated... he has a chance to learn something.
If your opportunity comes and you are not prepared for it, it will only make you look foolish.
Now let’s say that the farmer has two seeds in his.
The difference is goals. People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going. It’s that simple. Failures, on the other hand, believe that their lives are shaped by circumstances... by things that happen to them... by exterior forces.
Ideas are worthless unless we act on them.
The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice... it is conformity.” And there you have the reason for so many failures. Conformity – people acting like everyone else, without knowing why or where they are going.
Your success will always be measured by the quality and quantity of service you render.
In The Science of Getting Rich, W. D. Wattles wrote that we must always give more in service to our customers and to those around us than we are getting in return.
It’s not your present circumstances that count; it’s the circumstances you make up your mind to achieve that are important.
We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for ourselves.