13. Definitely plan your work
<ul>
<li>Make plans for what you want to accomplish each day. It brings focus and control.</li>
</ul>
14. Bounce your thoughts
<ul>
<li>Shift negative thoughts to optimistic ones through practice. Like bouncing a basketball.</li>
</ul>
15. Light your lazy dynamite 
<ul>
<li>Jumpstart motivation by easing into tasks slowly. Momentum builds.</li>
</ul>
16. Choose the happy few
<ul>
<li>Surround yourself with positive people who support your growth. Limit time with negative ones.</li>
</ul>

Bounce your thoughts

75. Learn visioneering
<ul>
<li>Mentally rehearse goals as if they're already real.</li>
</ul>
76. Lighten things up
<ul>
<li>Add humor and absurdity to disempower fears.</li>
</ul>
77. Serve and grow rich
<ul>
<li>Contribute value to earn more. Help others succeed.</li>
</ul>
78. Make a list of your life
<ul>
<li>Write goals, desires, people to connect with. Makes them real.</li>
</ul>
79. Set a specific power goal
<ul>
<li>Energizing goals are bold, vivid, and have deadlines.</li>
</ul>
80. Change yourself first
<ul>
<li>Lead by example. Live the change you want to see.</li>
</ul>

Set a specific power goal

95. Hold your vision accountable
<ul>
<li>Judge goals by their power to motivate, not details.</li>
</ul>
96. Build your power base
<ul>
<li>Control your knowledge intake. Garbage in, garbage out.</li>
</ul>
97. Connect truth to beauty
<ul>
<li>See honesty as empowering, not restrictive.</li>
</ul>
98. Read yourself a story
<ul>
<li>Read aloud for double impact. Like Lincoln did.</li>
</ul>
99. Laugh for no reason
<ul>
<li>Fake positive emotions until you feel them.</li>
</ul>
100. Walk with love and death
<ul>
<li>Reflect deeply on life's meaning to build courage.</li>
</ul>

Build your power base

1. Get on your de*thbed
<ul>
<li>Imagine yourself on your de*thbed and speak to your loved ones about what you want them to know. This clarifies what's important.</li>
</ul>
2. Stay hungry
<ul>
<li>Create a vision of who you want to be and live into it. Stay motivated and hungry to achieve your goals.</li>
</ul>
3. Tell yourself a true lie
<ul>
<li>Imagine yourself achieving your goals, even if it seems unrealistic now. This visualizes success.</li>
</ul>
4. Keep your eyes on the prize
<ul>
<li>Stay focused on your goals, don't get distracted by obstacles.</li>
</ul>

Motivation and Visualization

37. Make a relation-shift
<ul>
<li>Uplift others instead of focusing on yourself. This builds connections.</li>
</ul>
38. Learn to come from behind
<ul>
<li>View setbacks as natural ups and downs, expect renewal.</li>
</ul>
39. Come to your own rescue
<ul>
<li>Take responsibility for your life. Don't wait for "someone" to save you.</li>
</ul>
40. Find your soul purpose
<ul>
<li>Discover what makes you come alive and pursue that. Serve others.</li>
</ul>
41. Get up on the right side
Shift negative thinking to positive, solution-focused thoughts.
42. Let your whole brain play
Engage both creative and rational parts of your mind fully.

Find your soul purpose

81. Pin your life down
<ul>
<li>Have a clear plan of attack to drive achievement.</li>
</ul>
82. Take no for a question
<ul>
<li>Don't accept rejection, get creative. Persist.</li>
</ul>
83. Take the road to somewhere
<ul>
<li>Know your purpose. This drives motivation.</li>
</ul>
84. Go on a news fast
<ul>
<li>Limit negative input that breeds pessimism.</li>
</ul>
85. Replace worry with action
<ul>
<li>Act on anxieties instead of feeding them.</li>
</ul>
86. Run with the thinkers
<ul>
<li>Rise above complaints by proposing solutions.</li>
</ul>

Replace worry with action

58. Embrace the new frontier
<ul>
<li>Keep growing and learning. Skills matter more than credentials.</li>
</ul>
59. Upgrade your old habits
<ul>
<li>Improve habits gradually through replacements, not elimination.</li>
</ul>
60. Paint your masterpiece today
<ul>
<li>Craft each day purposefully like a work of art. Care about details.</li>
</ul>
61. Swim laps underwater
<ul>
<li>Do exercises that increase lung power and oxygen to the brain.</li>
</ul>
62. Bring on a good coach
<ul>
<li>Seek objective feedback to stretch your abilities.</li>
</ul>

Upgrade your old habits

69. Turn your mother down
<ul>
<li>Don't accept others' limiting beliefs about you.</li>
</ul>
70. Face the sun
<ul>
<li>Focus on the positive, not the negative.</li>
</ul>
71. Travel deep inside
<ul>
<li>Look within to find your potential, don't seek external validation.</li>
</ul>
72. Go to war
<ul>
<li>Create urgency, act as if your life depends on goals.</li>
</ul>
73. Use the 5% solution
<ul>
<li>Take small, gradual steps to achieve big goals.</li>
</ul>
74. Do something badly
<ul>
<li>Don't wait for perfect conditions, just start. Momentum builds.</li>
</ul>

Use the 5% solution

48. Enjoy all your problems
<ul>
<li>See problems as opportunities to learn and grow.</li>
</ul>
49. Remind your mind
<ul>
<li>Revisit motivational ideas often. Post inspiring quotes, repeat affirmations.</li>
</ul>
50. Get down and get small
<ul>
<li>Set mini-goals and milestones. Achieve them for motivation boosts.</li>
</ul>
51. Advertise to yourself
<ul>
<li>Post your goals and vision where you'll see them daily.</li>
</ul>
52. Think outside the box
<ul>
<li>Get creative, don't limit yourself with assumptions. Break boundaries.</li>
</ul>

Think outside the box

5. Learn to sweat in peace
<ul>
<li>Prepare for challenges by doing even harder tasks first. It makes the real thing seem easy.</li>
</ul>
6. Simplify your life
<ul>
<li>Eliminate clutter and distractions so you can focus on what's important. Simple is strong.</li>
</ul>
7. Look for the lost gold
<ul>
<li>See opportunities in every situation, don't dwell on problems.</li>
</ul>
8. Push all your own buttons
<ul>
<li>Know what motivates you and do more of it. Listen to inspiring music, read motivating books.</li>
</ul>

Simplify your life

17. Learn to play a role
<ul>
<li>Act confident and motivated even if you don't feel it yet. Emotions follow action.</li>
</ul>
18. Don't just do something...sit there
<ul>
<li>Make time to reflect in solitude. It fosters creativity.</li>
</ul>
19. Use your brain chemicals
<ul>
<li>Do activities that release motivating neurochemicals: laugh, sing, hug.</li>
</ul>
20. Leave high school forever
<ul>
<li>Don't let others' opinions limit you. Focus on growth, not judgment.</li>
</ul>

Learn to play a role

33. Turn into a word processor
<ul>
<li>Change self-limiting vocabulary like "have to" to "choose to."</li>
</ul>
34. Program your biocomputer
<ul>
<li>Control what information you take in. Garbage in, garbage out.</li>
</ul>
35. Open your present
<ul>
<li>Appreciate and focus on the current moment. Be fully present.</li>
</ul>
36. Be a good detective
<ul>
<li>Ask questions and listen deeply to understand people and situations better.</li>
</ul>

Be a good detective

21. Learn to lose your cool
<ul>
<li>Take risks socially, be vulnerable. This builds confidence.</li>
</ul>
22. Kill your television
<ul>
<li>Reduce passive entertainment. It drains energy. Read, create instead.</li>
</ul>
23. Break out of your soul cage 
<ul>
<li>Leave your comfort zone. Challenge yourself to grow.</li>
</ul>
24. Run your own plays
<ul>
<li>Be proactive in creating your day. Let life respond to you.</li>
</ul>

Kill your television

53. Keep thinking, keep thinking
<ul>
<li>Turn obstacles into opportunities through persistent thinking.</li>
</ul>
54. Put on a good debate
<ul>
<li>Argue against your own negative thinking. Develop optimism.</li>
</ul>
55. Make trouble work for you
<ul>
<li>Reframe difficult situations positively. Ask "How can I use this?"</li>
</ul>
56. Storm your own brain
<ul>
<li>Brainstorm solutions, even unreasonable ones. Get ideas flowing.</li>
</ul>
57. Keep changing your voice
<ul>
<li>Build your vocal power through practice like singing. Energizes confidence.</li>
</ul>

Keep thinking, keep thinking

63. Try to sell your home
<ul>
<li>Let go of old, limiting habits and beliefs. Move forward.</li>
</ul>
64. Get your soul to talk
<ul>
<li>Dialogue with yourself for motivation and answers.</li>
</ul>
65. Promise the moon
<ul>
<li>Make public, bold commitments to drive achievement.</li>
</ul>
66. Make somebody's day
<ul>
<li>Surprise others with generosity and encouragement.</li>
</ul>
67. Play the circle game
<ul>
<li>Align daily actions with longer term goals through planning.</li>
</ul>
68. Get up a game
<ul>
<li>Add fun competition to grow beyond your current level.</li>
</ul>

Get up a game

87. Put more enjoyment in
<ul>
<li>Do activities that fully engage your skills.</li>
</ul>
88. Keep walking
<ul>
<li>Movement drives energy, creativity, motivation.</li>
</ul>
89. Read more mysteries
<ul>
<li>Mysteries build observational skills and wit.</li>
</ul>
90. Think your way up
<ul>
<li>Shift from emotional to rational thinking when stuck.</li>
</ul>
91. Exploit your weakness
<ul>
<li>Turn weaknesses into strengths. Know their benefits.</li>
</ul>
92. Try becoming the problem
<ul>
<li>Take full responsibility, see yourself as solution.</li>
</ul>
93. Enlarge your objective
<ul>
<li>Set wildly ambitious goals to spur creativity.</li>
</ul>
94. Give yourself flying lessons
<ul>
<li>Let heroes inspire belief in your potential.</li>
</ul>

Think your way up

25. Find your inner Einstein
<ul>
<li>Unleash creativity by imagining solutions. Like Einstein said, "Imagination is more important than knowledge."</li>
</ul>
26. Run toward your fear
<ul>
<li>Do what scares you. Growth happens outside your comfort zone.</li>
</ul>
27. Create the way you relate
<ul>
<li>Bring creativity to your relationships. Apply this to business and personal connections.</li>
</ul>
28. Try interactive listening
<ul>
<li>Ask engaging questions. Listen fully. This builds stronger relationships.</li>
</ul>

Find your inner Einstein

29. Embrace your willpower
<ul>
<li>Know you have willpower, it can be developed like a muscle.</li>
</ul>
30. Perform your little rituals
<ul>
<li>Create routines that spark motivation like reading goals or inspirational quotes.</li>
</ul>
31. Find a place to come from
<ul>
<li>Generate happiness now, don't wait for external circumstances.</li>
</ul>
32. Be your own disciple
<ul>
<li>Build willpower through small victories, like resisting temptation.</li>
</ul>

Be your own disciple

43. Get your stars out
<ul>
<li>Express your gifts and talents fully. Don't play small.</li>
</ul>
44. Just make everything up
<ul>
<li>Approach goals playfully, not rigidly. Make it a game.</li>
</ul>
45. Put on your game face
<ul>
<li>Take on challenges with confidence and motivation. Be a competitor.</li>
</ul>
46. Discover active relaxation
<ul>
<li>Recharge through activities that engage the mind like games or art.</li>
</ul>
47. Make today a masterpiece
<ul>
<li>Make each day meaningful, don't just react. Create purposefully.</li>
</ul>

Discover active relaxation

9. Build a track record
<ul>
<li>Prove beliefs about yourself through real accomplishments. Small wins build confidence.</li>
</ul>
10. Welcome the unexpected
<ul>
<li>Be open to surprises and new ideas. Creativity comes from the unexpected.</li>
</ul>
11. Find your master key
<ul>
<li>Discover sources of motivation to unlock your potential. Books, mentors, experiences can provide this.</li>
</ul>
12. Put your library on wheels
<ul>
<li>Use drive time to listen to audiobooks. Feed your mind while commuting.</li>
</ul>

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