• We are the average of all the people we spend time with.
• This is because the people we spend most of our time with greatly influence our thoughts and actions. They define our outlook and future.

• Our thoughts dominate and drive our circumstances.
• Your attitude toward your life and the people around you is your window to the world.
• If you think you can do something, then you can . If you think you can’t, then you can’t . You’re right either way, as

• If you want to be successful, you must be willing to be uncomfortable.
• The people who succeed are those who overcome obstacles along the way, and you have to stretch yourself to improve.
• Always adopt a can-do attitude as you prepare to take on tough challeng...

• There is no such thing as a failure until you completely give up.
• Before you give up, “failures” are just intermediate results that differ in measuring how successful you were and how they might re-direct you toward your goals.

• Attitude is the mental filter through which we experience the world.
• Your window is your perspective on the world. We all start with a clean window when we are young. But with age, our window gets covered in dirt from everything life throws at us: criticism, ridicule...

• Keller encourages readers to create mental movies in their minds, picturing every milestone toward the ultimate goal they want to achieve.
• You must also rid your mind of old mental images that remind you of negative factors, like failure and disappointment.
• If you are still...

After a disappointment, you have a choice to make. You can either:

• Keep feeling miserable

( OR )

• Learn a lesson from the setbacks and move on

Often “problems” aren’t even real problems. Instead, they’re merely opportunities to take positive action. Th...

• Your dominant thoughts rule the day.
• If you continually think positively about a goal, you will take steps to move toward that goal.
• But with a negative attitude, you are never going to take that first step.
• Think positive thoughts until it becomes...