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We live in an unfree world, created by our beliefs and the environments we put ourselves in. Most of us strive for more freedom in our lives and you can get it by focusing on the psychological and lifestyle shifts you need to make to get there.
There are two main reasons you aren’t free:
To become freer, you need to be more aware of your options and dispense with those bad assumptions.
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“I’ve concentrated upon the things I control, and used that control to remove the restrictions and complications from my life.”
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Recognize that there are such things as miracles — events for which there are no ready explanations.
Later knowledge may explain those events quite easily. But at this date in history, you can’t expect to know everything that might be known eventually.
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“The answer is simple: You are you, the person who will live with the consequences of what you do. No one else can be responsible, because no one else will experience the consequences of your actions as you will.”
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These are unpleasant situations that restrict your freedom, that you might be afraid to get out of. They could be anyting: bad relationship, job, location, friendship. A big restriction of your freedom is the boxes you allow yourself to stay in, for fear of the work you must do t...
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The purpose of knowing “truth” is to be able to make it work for you. You need the truth in order to deal with things as they are and get predictable results from them.
The specific application for which you need the truth might be different from another person’s. You ...
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As you view the identities of others, you make it far easier on yourself if you accept them as they are. Attempts to change others are rarely successful, and even then probably not completely satisfying. – once you understand someones identity then you understand their actions
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“Things will get better only when you make the changes that are necessary to make them better.”
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“To be self-reliant is to recognize that no one else is as concerned about your future as you are and that no one knows as much about you as you do.”
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