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Leonardo da Vinci's creative process
How to approach problem-solving like da Vinci
The importance of curiosity and observation
Its this simple: in order to improve your internal world, you have to start by taking action in the external world.
Get out of your mind and get into your life.
GARY JOHN BISHOP
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Inevitable Death
One day, you are going to die. You will stop breathing and cease to exist. We are all mortals. There's no escaping this fact.
Imagine yourself on your death bed, you start to look back at your life. You never made the changes you wanted and needed. You stayed stuck in that ...
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Action Greases The Wheel Of Life
Its all about momentum. Once you get the ball rolling, its easier to stay moving.
Choose action over inaction. Act beyond your automatic thoughts.
The car won't start without you putting your key in the ignitio...
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Stay out of the swamp of mediocrity and drama, reach for your greatest self, your greatest potential, and challenge yourself to live that life every single day of it.
GARY JOHN BISHOP
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2.67K reads
Be Relentless
Go against the current.
People in your life have become accustomed to relating to you as a specific 'kind' of person. So any attempt to break out of that mold, you're not only messing with your own world, you're also messing with theirs.
The resistance comes from your...
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3.13K reads
Stop Blaming Your Past
We all have a past, some of them are fucking horrific. SO WHAT!?!?
Why is it that you show more passion for your past than you do your future? Nobody can free you except yourself.
Trapping yourself in the past is an easy way of relieving yourself of the respon...
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A Paradigm Of Potential
When you stick to whats comfortable for you, doing the same things you've always done, your in effect living in the past - not moving forward. You are repeating behaviours that at one point in your life felt risky, but have since turned into a routine.
Success is never cert...
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3.75K reads
Hidden Expectations
How do we recognise our hidden expectations? The answer is in the places in your life where you experience disappointment, resentment, regret, suppression, anger, lethargy, essentially anywhere that leaves you feeling deflated like you have lost your self.
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2.84K reads
Whatever the domain you're winning in, you'll start to realise something: you're really good at it.
You really are wired to win.
You can and do achieve the things you set your mind to.
GARY JOHN BISHOP
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4.26K reads
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
SOCRATES
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This book requires you to seek the answer, not out there, but inside of yourself.
Its not that you have to find the answer, you are the answer.
GARY JOHN BISHOP
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6.37K reads
Love the life you have, not the one you expected to have.
'I expect nothing and accept everything'.
GARY JOHN BISHOP
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2.81K reads
Expect Nothing, Accept Everything
There will always be people who will lie and cheat. Its just not healthy for your self to live in the expectation that they won't, and then throw a hissy fit when they do. Remember, in most cases, you will always end up worse off than they do! Much worse.
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Get Out Of Your Head
Reading this book is like holding a genuine friend in your hands.
The style in which this author goes through 'the seven personal assertions' was a much needed reality check to say the least.
'This is a conversational slap from the universe to wake up to your ...
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How Language Changes Our Lives
Research in neuroscience and psychology shows that the kind of talk you engage in impacts the quality of your life.
Studies have continually evidenced that positive self talk can dramatically improve mood, boost confidence, increase productivity and much mu...
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Don't seek to have events happen as you wish, but wish them to happen as they do happen, and all will be well with you.
EPICTETUS
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Your actions are the only thing separating you from where you are to where you want to be.
This isn't just about seizing the day, this is about seizing the moment, the hour, the week, the month. This is about seizing your fucking ...
GARY JOHN BISHOP
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2.73K reads
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage.
If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think about it. Go out and get busy.
DALE CARNEGIR
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3.25K reads
You've probably noticed, when you do try to stay in your comfort zone, you never truly feel comfortable. There's always that nagging feeling that you could be doing more. There's always that desire for a life thats better than the one you have now.
GARY JOHN BISHOP
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3.54K reads
Retrain Your Brain
Scientists have discovered that our thoughts can actually change the structure of our brains.
This phenomenon is called neuroplasticity.
As we go through life experiencing and ...
728
4.61K reads
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