32 Quotes Tagged: personal-development

Until is a very important word. It means that you will never give up.

if you don't have peace, it isn't because someone took it from you; you gave it away. You cannot always control what happens to you, but you can control what happens in you.

In the past, changing the self and changing the world were often regarded as separate endeavors and viewed in either-or terms. But in the story of the Great Turning, they are recognized as mutually reinforcing and essential to one another.

Who we are in the present includes who we were in the past.

Your level of success, will rarely exceed your level of personal development, because success is something you attract by the person
you become.

When you work under the cloud of anxiety, the best strategy is to play it safe, because if (when!) it fails, you’ll be blameless.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge. But there is another element, an X factor that Masters inevitably possess, that seems mystical but that is accessible to us all. Whatever field of activity we are involved in, there is generally an accepted path to the top. It is a path that others followed, and because we are conformist creatures, most of us opt for this conventional route. But Masters have a strong inner guiding system and a high level of self-awareness. What has suited others in the past does not suit them, and they know that trying to fit into a conventional mold would only lead to a dampening of spirit, the reality they seek eluding them.

And so inevitably, these Masters, as they progress on their career paths, make a choice at a key moment in their lives: they decide to forge their own route, one that others will see as unconventional, but that suits their own spirit and rhythms and leads them closer to discovering the hidden truths of their objects of study. This key choice takes self-confidence and self-awarenes–the X factor that is necessary for attaining mastery...

[For every thing you do, you can sleepwalk without awareness about your actions, or become more consciously deilberate about your actions. Contemplate whether this is a good use of your time by answering some honest questions.]

Some questions you could ask yourself are:
- What is the reason or goal for this activity?
- What benefit am I getting from this?
- Where is this activity taking me?

We must be happy with what we want when we are in pursuit of what we want.

Any ideas, plan, or purpose may be placed in the mind through repetition of thought

You can dramatize your ideas in business or in any other aspect of your life. It’s easy

Is a self help or personal development book ruining your life?

Leia sempre. Vá à biblioteca. Há magia em estar rodeado de livros. Perca-se pelas estantes. Leia bibliografias. O negócio não é o livro com o qual você começa, mas o livro ao qual aquele livro te levará.

What you are basically, deep, deep down, far, far inn, is simply the fabric and structure of existence itself

Do you want better and bigger goals? A better Future Self? Expose yourself to better perspectives and evolved people.

Business strategist Charlie Jones stated, “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.”
By proactively changing your inputs of information, experiences, and people, you become aware of what you previously didn’t know. You see what you previously didn’t notice. You seek what you previously didn’t want. You act in ways you previously didn’t behave.