...when you have a sense of your own identity and a vision of where you want to go in your life, you then have the basis for reaching out to the world and going after your dreams for a better life.
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People who consider themselves victims of their circumstances will always remain victims unless they develop a greater vision for their lives.
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People who let events and circumstances dictate their lives are living reactively. That means they don't act on life, they only react to it...Reactive people do not take responsibility for their own lives and their own feelings.
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People who control their own lives are like those cities of the future you have seen with huge bubbles covering them. Like those futuristic cities, these people are self-contained. It doesn't matter what goes on around them, they are in control. There may be chaos in the surrounding universe. They may be under bombardment from exterior forces. But they are protected from it all by their bubble of self-assurance and self-control. They do not worry about things they cannot control outside their bubble; they focus instead on matters within their power to influence.
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Isolating yourself is not healthy spiritually, mentally, or physically, and it is certainly not the way to achieve a better life.
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...you must take responsibility for yourself if you are going to pursue success and a better life in this world.
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There are always risks when you chase after a dream because growth requires that you leave your comfort zone and enter
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Many people never go after their dreams for a better life because they are afraid of change.
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To pursue success effectively, you must build supportive relationships that will help you work toward
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You can't understand the world and how you respond to it until you first know yourself. You can't change the things you don't like about yourself until you search out the things that influence you and motivate you and hurt you.
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We all have obstacles to overcome. I have come to understand also that there are many people willing to accept and help you, if only you first accept and help yourself. It's true. If you are an angry person, the hostility drives people away from you, but if you are at peace and have confidence in yourself,, people are drawn to you.
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Most of those who succeed in achieving their goals do it by creating an environment for opportunity. They feel that they are entitled to go after what they want in life... They open themselves to positive change by becoming positive, energized people. They don't limit themselves with a poor self-image or a negative attitude. They get rid of negative baggage that holds them back. They believe in themselves, giving others cause to believe in them.
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Self-awareness is a key to self-acceptance, which drives self-motivation and self-fulfillment.
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Having a vision for your life allows you to live out of hope, rather than out of your fears.
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