3. Life is worthwhile if you stay.If you have signed up for the day or for the game or for the project, see it through. Sometimes calamity comes and then it is worth wrapping it up—and that’s the end. But just don’t end in the middle. Maybe on the next project you pass, but on this one, if you signed up, stay until it’s finished—and always leave it better than you found it.
4. Life is worthwhile if you CARE.

If you care at all, you will get some results. If you care enough, you can get incredible results. Care enough to make a difference. Care enough to turn somebody around. Care enough to start a new enterprise. Care enough to change it all. Care enough to be the highest producer. Care enough to set some records. Care enough to win.

The more you care, the stronger you can be.
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👉 The Mindfulness of Listening

You can increase your skills as a listener by becoming more aware of what your mind is focused on outside of the conversation. The moment you find yourself thinking about anything else other than the topic at hand, take a moment to breathe and bring your focus back. As you increase your awareness, you may notice your natural body language and tone begin to match that of the speaker’s.

As your listening starts to improve, conversations will become deeper; more involved; and sometimes even shorter in length, as the use of appropriate pauses allows the speaker to complete entire thoughts before being questioned. With the speaker doing a majority of the talking, there will be far less back and forth and more pointed questions from you, the listener.
You’ve heard this before: “If a tree falls in the woods and there’s no one to hear it, does it still make a sound?” For many people, if they don’t feel heard, they may wonder if it was even worth saying.
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You Can Have More If You Become More

Here’s the great challenge of life: You can have more than you’ve got because you can become more than you are.

I have found that income seldom will exceed your own personal development. Once in a while income takes a lucky jump, but unless you grow out to where it is, it will go back to where you are. Somebody once said if you took all the money in the world and divided it equally among everyone, it would soon be back in the same pockets.

However, you can have more because you can become more. You see, here is how the other side of the coin reads: Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got. The major thing that makes the difference is what you do—it is the human effort that counts.
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Productivity

Consider your day right now. What’s getting done that needs to get done and what’s not?

Do you find yourself at the end of a long day without your most important tasks completed? Do you keep pushing your long-term goals further and further into the future?

Jim Rohn said, “If you don’t produce, you won’t be happy.”

Productivity is essential to our feeling of self-esteem, accomplishment, and hopefulness. Without it, we gradually sink into a state of frustration, hopelessness, and regret.

If productivity is so important to success, it’s time to consider that while you’re probably working hard and giving it your best shot, you are the one killing your productivity.

No one else is responsible for your productivity but you. You are the one who has to get out of bed each day and decide how to spend it.

Sure, there are facts of life beyond your control, but for the most part, if the day isn’t going the way you want it to go, you are the only one who can do something to change that.
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126. When you are feeling overwhelmed, hit the reset button by unlocking the power of solitude.

127. I approached solitude as I approach most new things in my life: with a plan. Sit quietly and find peace.

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Skill

Without some level of skill in your industry, you’re not going to get far. Most people have one of two problems in this area:

They think they have more skill than they do, so they stop learning. We all meet people who think they have it all figured out, who believe in their perspective or methods to the point of being outdated, outrun, and outclassed. The question is, are you a know-it-all?

Becoming stagnant is just as detrimental to your success as not being productive. Don’t fall prey to the assumption that you’ve got nothing left to learn. Even the greatest masters have mentors. Find a mentor who has the depth of knowledge you need to guide you into further mastery.
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Remember the law: -

For every disciplined effort, there are multiple rewards. Learn the discipline of writing a card or a letter to a friend. Learn the discipline of paying your bills on time, or arriving to appointments on time, or using your time more effectively. Learn the discipline of paying attention, or paying your taxes, or paying yourself. Learn the discipline of having regular meetings with your associates, or your spouse, or your child, or your parent. Learn the discipline of learning all you can learn, of teaching all you can teach, of reading all you can read.

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Skill

2. They think they have less skill than they do, so they never stop learning. On the flip side, you probably know someone who is continually signing up for lectures, who is always seeking an outside view on the best way to accomplish their goals, and who is spending most of their time absorbing knowledge.

Learning is vital to our continued growth, but learning without implementing what you learn is useless. Stop storing the knowledge you absorb and start to experiment with it; listen to your inner guidance on what fits your circumstances and put to use what you’ve learned. It’s important to find a source for growth that also helps you put your new knowledge into practice and to take the time to practice regularly so you can create new habits.
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128.Hate a trait in someone? Make peace with the same trait in yourself.

- Someone who is insecure about their body, tends to body shame others too.

- Someone who is insecure about their money, tends to taunt others too.

129. Having hard time trusting others? Gradually start Trusting others.

- you cannot be trusted easily too.

- one way everyone tries to protect themselves from getting hurt, is by hurting others first.
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Strategy

If you’ve got the right skills, the next step is to develop the right strategy.
A frenzy of activity does not necessarily lead to a lot of real results. Days when you are totally exhausted, stressed, and frustrated but have no real progress toward your goals are evidence that it’s time for a strategy update.

What if you don’t develop a strategy and just keep moving in random fits and starts toward your goals? You’ll likely get three long-term results:

A higher stress level
A lower level of satisfaction and happiness

A sense of failure at not accomplishing your dreams. You may already feel this way. But you don’t have to stay here. With a strategy, your productivity and your results could drastically change, and that translates into a brighter future. You could end up with:
Joy in your daily work
A regular sense of satisfaction and pride
The life of your dreams.

Don’t neglect your personal life for your professional one; remember to include some fun.
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Focused Effort

Once you have a strategy, you can create focused effort to execute it.
Spend some time evaluating the kind of tasks you take care of on a daily basis. How are you using your hours? Do you find one or two things consistently pop up and steal your focus?

Ask yourself these questions to see how great your need is in the area of focus:

👉Are you spending more time on tasks than you originally planned?

👉Do you get interrupted multiple times a day?

👉Are you personally answering every request for help or information you receive?

👉Do you have multiple projects going at the same time?

If you answered yes to any of these, you could benefit from a refocus. Work with a mentor to further evaluate where your time is going and how you can narrow down your list of to-dos so you’re focused on what really matters.
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Consistency

Of course, one super-focused day is not enough to get you where you want to go. You’ve got to show up consistently and stay focused over the long-term to reach those big goals but discipline is the heart of real progress and productivity.

Imagine what your life and business would look like if you could consistently work in your area of expertise using your highest skills, and executing an ambitious but realistic strategy with focused effort.

Imagine the sense of self-esteem you’d gain, the freedom and prosperity you’d earn for yourself and your family, and the joy and peace you’d feel in your work.
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130. Trying hard to impress someone? Be casual

- The more you try to impress someone, it will be hard to grab their attention.

- Nobody likes a try-hard.

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