“It is good that she left you when she did. Things were clearly not working between the two of you. In my opinion, she saved you a lot of time. Think of all the time you would have lost if she had waited two more years to dump you. Trust
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“Most of us make two basic errors with respect to intelligence: 1. We underestimate our own brainpower. 2. We overestimate the other fellow’s brainpower.”
― The Magic of Thinking Big
― The Magic of Thinking Big

“One of Bricker’s favourite techniques is the ‘leaves on a stream’ method. When feeling the uncomfortable internal trigger to do something you’d rather not, ‘imagine you are seated beside a gently flowing stream’, he says. ‘Then imagine there are leaves floating down that stream. Place each thought in your mind on each leaf. It could be a memory, a word, a worry, an image. And let each of those leaves float down that stream, swirling away, as you sit and just watch.”
― Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life
― Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life

“the ability to know how to get information is more important than using the mind as a garage for facts.”
― The Magic of Thinking Big
― The Magic of Thinking Big

“if you are not living your life for yourself, then who is going to live it for you? You are living only your own life. When it comes to who you are living it for, of course it’s you. And then, if you are not living your life for yourself, who could there be to live it instead of you?”
― The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness
― The Courage to Be Disliked: How to Free Yourself, Change Your Life and Achieve Real Happiness

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