In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the
fourth human endowment-independent will-that really makes effective
self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices
and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than
to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed
through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to
use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
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The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man
does not get much further.
The really idle man gets nowhere. The perpetually busy man
does not get much further.
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.
If there's no action, you haven't read more
A real decision is measured by the fact that you've taken a new action.
If there's no action, you haven't truly decided.
I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.
I know a fellow who's as broke as the Ten Commandments.
If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into read more
If you don't set a baseline standard for what you'll accept in life,
you'll find it's easy to slip into behaviors and attitudes or a quality of
life that's far below what you deserve.
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.
Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.
Fortune sides with him who dares.
Fortune sides with him who dares.
When the only tool you have is a hammer you tend to see every problem
as a nail.
When the only tool you have is a hammer you tend to see every problem
as a nail.
When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.
When you're a winner you're always happy, but if you're happy as a loser you'll always be a loser.
