Although we’d like to believe it’s our intellect that really drives us, in most cases our emotions — the sensations that we link to our thoughts — ar… - Tony Robbins

Rent or mortgage payment: $____per month (Angela’s Average: $1,060) 2. Food, household: $____per month (Angela’s Average: $511) 3. Gas, electric, water, phone: $____per month (Angela’s Average: $289) 4. Transportation: $____per month (Angela’s Average: $729) 5. Insurance payments: $____per month (Angela’s Average: $300) Total $____per month (Angela’s Average: $2,889) Total basic monthly expenses:_______× 12 =__________per year (US average basic annual expenses: $34,668)

Expectations are what destroy happiness — whether it’s in our relationships, with our kids, or with our work. Expectations are why so many people are so unhappy today, even in a world with so much abundance.

Beliefs even have the capacity to override the impact of drugs on the body. While most people believe that drugs heal, studies in the new science of psychoneuroimmunology (the mind-body relationship) have begun to bear out what many others have suspected for centuries: our beliefs about the illness and its treatment play as significant a role, maybe an even more significant role, than the treatment itself. Dr. Henry Beecher from Harvard University has done extensive research that clearly demonstrates that we often give credit to a drug, when in reality it’s the patient’s belief that makes the difference.