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How to set new goals
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How to create a plan for change
"People who confuse what they wish were true with what is really true create distorted pictures of reality that make it impossible for them to make the best choices.”
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Dealing with the truth
- When you have a choice between telling the truth or protecting someone’s feelings, it’s better to go with the truth, in a respectful way.
- Default to blaming yourself and what you control rather than looking for outside excuses.
- Check the sources of your beli...
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To change reality, stop denying it
Solving problems has to start with getting an accurate picture of reality and then deciding what to do about it.
Forming opinions before trying to get all of the facts straight leads to bad decisions, poor choices, and further frustration down the line. In many cases, it exacerbates the pr...
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The first step in the acquisition of wisdom is silence, the second listening, the third memory, the fourth practice, the fifth teaching others.
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Getting Rich Yourself is the Best Way to Help the Poor
- Get rich; that is the best way you can help the poor. And you cannot hold the mental image which is to make you rich if you fill your mind with pictures of poverty.
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