Decision-maker vs. procrastinator

• Everything which is tangible began as a thought: Anything that you create in your mind and trust that it is possible, you can achieve.
• Win or quit, pick a side. Winners do not quit and quitters do not win.
• Our minds receive ideas from the universe. The universe feeds us with ideas constantly.
• If you have a burning desire for something, you can achieve it.
• Failures don't mean that you have failed.
• Have faith - an absolute certainty with no fear, that you will succeed.
• Implementing your idea is the most important step of achieving your dreams.

Napoleon Hill was said to be an advisor to two presidents: Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
In fact, there’s no evidence whatsoever outside of Hill’s own writings that Hill met President Wilson or President Roosevelt, let alone acted as a trusted advisor to both.

Napoleon Hill’s most infamous claim was that he met and interviewed at length the industrialist Andrew Carnegie in 1908.

Andrew Carnegie's biographer David Nasaw found no evidence of any sort that Carnegie and Hill ever met.

The “Poor dad”, a stereotype for the regular salary man, believes that one should work for money as an employee at a stable job. This mentality can trap a person into working a job they don’t love, but is willing to stick with because they have to pay the bills.

The "Rich dad", an entrepreneur, thinks wealth comes from experience-based learning (learn on the job, by becoming an entrepreneur) and multiple income streams.

When the “poor dad” encourages working your way up the ladder, “rich dad” laughs and says, “Why not own the ladder?”

According to Kiyosaki in his book "Poor Dad, Rich Dad", rich people do certain things poor people don't:

1. The rich buy assets (things that generate revenue like bonds), not liabilities (things that cost money like rent).
2. The rich become financial literate through experience, not by studying hard at fancy schools.
3. The rich learn to sell early on.
4. The rich manage fear better. They take more risks and don't play it safe.

• The quality of your life is determined by the quality of your thoughts. Mastering your mind means seeing setbacks as opportunities. 
• Occupy your mind with uplifting thoughts, because they will give you the energy you'll need to attain the success you desire.

• Visualize your goal.
• Keep yourself positively motivated.
• Make a deadline.
• Take steps daily.
• Laugh along the way.

• Occupy your surroundings with desire superstars.
• Substitute the roots of pessimistic energy with affirmative and optimistic energy. 
• Take action upon well-researched and thought-out knowledge.
• Put yourself in positive places, and surround yourself with good people.
• Burn those bridges, such that you commit and leave yourself without any other choice but to push on.
• Use mediums such as positive music, videos, and images to reinforce your desires.

Challenge: Expose Biases too hidden to be seen.

Innovation: An identity survey with easily visible results.

Lesson: More than one social identity is examined at the same time and allows becoming aware of issues related to diversity and privilege.

• Do not overestimate your own competency. Life experience alone is not enough to become a diversity expert.
• Broaden students’ perspective on privilege. A broad spectrum of topics that can reveal differences.

• Demonstrate authenticity — and grace. Making cultural faux pas is an opportunity for teaching and showing grace.

• Focus on solutions.  Awareness encourages motivation toward solutions.

1. We feel like we’re not making progress.

2. We’re not sure where to start.

3. We’re afraid of failing.

4. We dislike the task itself

The speed-reading habit is making us lose our deep attention and focus, gradually shunning denser, more complicated content. Instead of optimizing for speed, we need to optimize for comprehension, deep understanding, and retention of information.

Deep or slow reading, when the brain is attentive, absorbing, understanding and analyzing text expands our attention span and improves concentration and learning.

The brain develops stronger analytical skills and gets into critical thinking mode, forming new connections and even creates new ideas.

Deep focusing on a book is one of the best investments of your time.