"Whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap." This means that your thoughts and words are powerful tools, and you should use them carefully.

1. Your thoughts and words create your reality.

"Man is master of thought, the mold in which he casts his life." This means that you have the power to create your own destiny by controlling your thoughts.

2. You can change your circumstances by changing your thoughts.

"As a man thinketh in his heart, so is he." This means that your thoughts and words shape your character and your life.

3. You should focus on positive thoughts and words.

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen." This means that you should believe in yourself and in your ability to create the life you want.

4. You should have faith in yourself and in the power of your thoughts.

"Gratitude is the key to happiness." This means that you should appreciate the good things in your life, big and small.

5. You should be grateful for what you have.

"Holding on to anger is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die." This means that forgiveness is good for your own mental and emotional health.

6. You should forgive others and yourself.

"Love is the greatest force in the universe." This means that you should treat yourself and others with kindness and compassion.

7. You should love yourself and others unconditionally.

"Do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." This means that you should focus on enjoying the present moment and not worrying about the future.

8. You should live in the present moment.

"There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough-hew them how we will." This means that there is a higher power that is guiding you, even when you can't see it.

9. You should trust the divine guidance.

"Life is a game, and the prize is living." This means that you should enjoy the journey and not focus on the destination.

10. You should have a positive attitude.

The Game of Life and How to Play It is a classic self-help book that has helped millions of people to improve their lives. If you are looking for a way to create a more fulfilling and joyful life for yourself, I highly recommend reading this book.
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The Game of Life and How to Play It is a classic self-help book that has helped millions of people to improve their lives. If you are looking for a way to create a more fulfilling and joyful life for yourself, I highly recommend reading this book.

A self-help classic since 1925, The Game of Life and How to Play It uses real-life stories and practical wisdom to guide readers to prosperity through a positive attitude. The Game of Life and How to Play It is now reset and grouped together with three other short books by Florence Scovel Shinn for an all-in-one, definitive volume. Affordably priced, beautifully packaged, and all-inclusive, this is the Shinn collection that readers will treasure.

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Florence Scovel Shinn

The Game of Life and How to Play It

Success begins with a clear and specific goal. Define your purpose and create a plan to achieve it. Without a definite purpose, you may drift aimlessly and struggle to find success.

1. Definiteness of Purpose:

Self-discipline is crucial for success. Develop the ability to control your thoughts, emotions, and actions. By mastering self-discipline, you can stay focused, overcome obstacles, and persist in the face of challenges.

2. Mastering Self-Discipline:

Cultivate a positive mindset. Your thoughts and beliefs shape your reality. Maintain a positive mental attitude, visualize success, and eliminate negative self-talk. A positive mindset attracts opportunities and helps you overcome setbacks.

3. Positive Mental Attitude:

Failure is not permanent unless you allow it to be. Embrace failure as a learning opportunity and stepping stone to success. Analyze your failures, learn from them, and adjust your approach. Persistence and resilience are key to achieving your goals.

4. Learning from Failure:

Develop strong communication skills. Learn to express yourself clearly, listen actively, and understand others. Effective communication builds relationships, inspires collaboration, and opens doors to new opportunities.

5. Effective Communication: 

Surround yourself with like-minded individuals who support and challenge you. Create a mastermind group of individuals who share similar goals and values. Collaborate, exchange ideas, and leverage collective knowledge and resources.

6. Building a Mastermind Group:

Success requires taking consistent and purposeful action. Avoid procrastination and indecision. Break down your goals into actionable steps and take immediate action. Progress comes from consistent effort and perseverance.

7. Taking Action:

Success rarely comes overnight. Develop persistence and determination to overcome obstacles and setbacks. Stay committed to your goals, even when faced with challenges. Success often comes to those who refuse to give up.

8. Persistence and Determination: 

Commit to lifelong learning and personal growth. Acquire new knowledge, develop new skills, and stay updated with industry trends. Embrace a growth mindset and seek opportunities for self-improvement.

9. Continuous Learning and Growth:

True success involves making a positive impact on others. Find ways to contribute to society and help others succeed. By serving others, you create a ripple effect of positivity and attract success into your own life.

10. Giving Back and Serving Others:

These are just a few of the many valuable lessons from "The Law of Success." Applying these principles can help you unlock your potential and achieve success in various areas of your life.

"The Law of Success" by Napoleon Hill is a classic self-help book that provides valuable lessons and principles for achieving success in various aspects of life.

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Oliver Napoleon Hill was an American self-help author. He is best known for his book Think and Grow Rich, which is among the best-selling self-help books of all time. Hill's works insisted that fervid expectations are essential to improving one's life.

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The Law Of Success

Developing self-discipline is crucial for achieving personal and professional goals.

1. Self-discipline is the key to success:

Accepting responsibility empowers you to take control of your life and make positive changes.

2. Take responsibility for your actions:

Clearly defined goals provide direction and motivation, allowing you to focus your efforts effectively.

3. Set clear goals:

Consistency is key in attaining success; take small, deliberate steps towards your goals every day.

4. Take consistent action:

Effective time management enables you to accomplish more and make the most of your valuable resources.

5. Prioritize time management:

Procrastination hinders progress and success; learn strategies to overcome it and take immediate action.

6. Overcome procrastination:

Stop making excuses and take ownership of your choices and actions.

7. Eliminate excuses:

Positivity shapes your attitude and outlook, enabling you to face challenges with resilience and optimism.

8. Cultivate a positive mindset:

Mistakes and failures are opportunities for growth and learning; embrace them and use them as stepping stones toward success.

9. Learn from failures:

Taking care of your physical and mental well-being enhances your overall discipline and productivity.

10. Practice self-care:

These lessons from "No Excuses!" provide valuable insights and practical advice for developing self-discipline and achieving success in various aspects of life.

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Ten lessons from "No Excuses!: The Power of Self-Discipline for Success in Your Life" by Brian Tracy:

You don’t need to have been born under a lucky star, or with incredible wealth, or with terrific contacts and connections, or even special skills...but what you do need to succeed in any of your life goals is self-discipline. Unfortunately, most people give in to the two worst enemies of success: they take the path of least resistance (in other words, they’re lazy) and/or they want immediate gratification: they don’t consider the long-term consequences of the actions they take today. No Excuses! shows you how you can achieve success in all three major areas of your life: 1. Your personal goals. 2. Your business and money goals. 3. Your overall happiness. Each of the 21 chapters in this book shows you how to be more disciplined in one aspect of your life, with end-of-chapter exercises to help you apply the “no excuses” approach to your own life. With these guidelines, you can learn how to be more successful in everything you do—instead of wistfully envying others who you think are just “luckier” than you. A little self-discipline goes a long way...so stop making excuses and read this book!

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Brian Tracy is Chairman and CEO of Brian Tracy International, a company specializing in the training and development of individuals and organizations.He has consulted for more than 1,000 companies and addressed more than 5,000,000 people in 5,000 talks and seminars throughout the US, Canada and 55 other countries worldwide. As a Keynote speaker and seminar leader, he addresses more than 250,000 people each year.Brian has studied, researched, written and spoken for 30 years in the fields of economics, history, business, philosophy and psychology. He is the top selling author of over 45 books that have been translated into dozens of languages.

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No Excuses!

Everything changed for me when I understood this philosophy:Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job. If you work hard on your job you can make a living, which is fine. If you work hard on yourself you can make a fortune, which is superfine.You can have more than you’ve got, because you can become more than you are.

Learn to work harder on yourself than you do on your job.

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Entrepreneurship

Jim Rohn: How You Can Become More Than You Are

Do everything in order to show something to someone, and I don't mean to show your best friend something. I mean to show your outfit, what you're doing at the moment, your pictures, and even your private life, for example, on your Instagram stories.
Once, I heard one of my friends saying, 'I don't want to show other people my life; I just want to maintain a diary of my life.' But you can have a diary without showing the world your life. Many people don't realize what the reality is. The reality is that we unconsciously fall into an addiction.

The Need To Be Seen

It often happens that when you start posting and scrolling on social media, it becomes an addiction and a 'need' to satisfy every day. Soon, it will start to dominate your life and your mind.
You may not want to delete it because you won't be able to stay updated on what other people are doing and the news from the 'outside world.

Social Media: The Addictive Lifestyle

Saying "Fake Identity" is probably an exaggeration, but it's true that many people show the best part of them, and maybe it's not even real. Maybe they're not satisfied in that moment, but is important to post something beautiful to see, because real feelings sometimes cannot be shown
🧠❗(I was getting into the role, because of course it's important to understand and feel the feelings even if they're "bad", like sadness, angry, pain ecc).

Fake Identities

If you're in the loop, you don't realize how bad it can become, and some people don't want to accept that this could also lead to dangerous consequences. For example:
<ul>
<li>Social anxiety</li>
<li>Occasional depression</li>
<li>Difficulty in making decisions and thinking for yourself</li>
<li>Inability to form your own opinions</li>
<li>Insecurity (due to beauty standards, for example)</li>
<li>Avoiding spending time alone with your own thoughts</li>
</ul>
I've heard many people say things like, 'Okay, social media is dangerous, and we need to do something to change this situation,' but then they didn't take any action.

Bad Consequences

I think so. For example, there are many social accounts where we can learn about places in the world, literature, philosophy, science, and more. Or we can follow in the footsteps of those who truly have an enlightened point of view or a particular way of thinking.
<ul>
<li>People to be inspired by.</li>
<li>People who are different from the crowd.</li>
<li>People who have built their lives on a solid foundation.</li>
</ul>

Are There Any Pros About Using Social Media?

I deleted Instagram three months ago after using it three times a week for a year. I have no regrets about this decision because I've become aware of the potential long-term consequences on my skin.
I don't think social media is inherently bad. They can be used with the awareness that what you see there is not always true.

Personal Experience

Let me know what you think in the comments. I would like to create a collaborative community to share opinions about different topics.
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Doom-Scrolling & The Dark Side of Social Media

A behavioral disorder similar to gambling addiction, social media addiction affects 6 percent of social media users--about 210 million people worldwide and about 9 people million in the United States. An obsession with social media can damage personal, family, and professional relationships and lead to severe anxiety and depression. Social Media Addiction presents a realistic picture of what is happening on social media, who's most affected, and what is being done to address these troubling issues.

Understand yourself and those around you.

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Psychology

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Communication

Bradley Steffens

Social Media Addiction

How to have a high value circle?The following paragraphs will discuss on how to attract people of higher value to build your circle of high value people.

Higher Value

There are places where high value people like to spend their time. Churches, mosques, gyms, libraries, museums, parks and the likes are places where people of higher value are found most of the time. Go to such places and find yourself some good people to hangout with. On the contrary beaches, clubs, and concerts are no places for the kind of people you are looking for. Avoid those places.

Where To Find Them

The first rule to get along with a high value person is, don't try to show-off. You should let them talk and teach you what they know. You should make them your mentors. You learn more in listening than in talking. Try to engage in a thoughtful conversation. Don't waste their time or yours babbling worthless things. Every word, evey sentence that comes out of your mouth should have a meaning and a degree of value to it.

How To Approach Them

To be appealing to a high value person you have to be somewhat high value yourself. You should be trying to get better. You should be on the right path. You shouldn't be too far behind on that path. They don't want to pick you up from the ground and raise you like a child. Teaching and mentoring you should be worthwhile. If you are a lover, a depressed drug addiction, they will want to keep their distance from you. But if you are a good Christian (Muslim), a hardworking and diligent person, and if you already go to the gym, they will try to help you out.

How To Be Appealing To Them

You might ask what you get from high value people if you have to be high value yourself to befriend them in the first place. The fruit is in the journey of trying to befriend them. You build your value to fit in with people who are higher value than you. If you become successful, which of course you will, you will learn a lot from them. Even if you are not too far behind you are still behind them on the path to success. There is always something to learn as long as you are open minded.Finally you will have a network of men who are high value. In business and security network is everything.

What Do I Get

High value people have really high standards, make sure you meet them. You will be high value yourself in the process.

Achieving High Value: A Guide

When you create a difference in someone's life, you not only impact their life, you impact everyone influenced by them throughout their entire lifetime.No act is ever too small. One by one, this is how to make an ocean rise.

To measure the quality of your life, simply do nothing and see how it feels.

Real generosity to the future lies in giving all to the present.

If you are more worried about pleasing others than about caring for yourself, it might mean that there is trauma in your body telling you that you are only safe when other people are pleased with you.Perhaps it's time to heal that trauma so you can learn to let people down while you honour your own needs.

It's not only children who grow.Parents grow too.As much as we watch to see what our children do with their lives, they are watching us to see what we do with ours.I can't tell my children to reach for the sun. All I can do is reach for it, myself.

Being brave doesn't mean you aren't scared.Being brave means you are scared, really scared, badly scared, and you do the right thing anyway.

Whatever you do, do with determination.You have one life to live; do your work with passion and give your best.Whether you want to be a chef, doctor, actor, or a mother, be passionate to get the best result.

In moments of doubt, I've told myself firmly - if not me, who? If not now, when?If you have similar doubts when opportunities are presented to you, I hope those words might be helpful.

Quotes that I liked and keep re-visiting...

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Mental Health

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Teamwork

Words of Wisdom: Life, Courage, and Passion

Well, we might all know that feeling of why life is not moving?  Even though you get up everyday, you keeping thinking about how you could have spend the day instead of actually doing it.

How does it feel when you are stuck?

There are many ways to avoid feeling stuck:-<ol><li>Stop feeling sorry for yourself</li><li>Watch your mouth</li><li>Don't make excuses</li><li>Don't compare</li><li>Keeping moving</li></ol>

How to get out of it?

Don't even think second time, just get up and do it. Do whatever you should be doing at that particular moment don't wait life to make things happen for you. Only you can just get up and do it.

Stop feeling sorry for yourself

The way you think a situation is going to be or the way you think about everything is going to be, will effect your reality. The way you look at a situation is the way it is, if you take it in a positive way it is positive, if not then, not. Whenever you are alone guard your thoughts, don't let negative thoughts flow your way interpret them and end it with a positive thought.

Watch Your Mouth

I know you might have said to yourself i will do it tomorrow today i am tired.Stop doing this and just do whatever you are planning to do all this time, it can be  writing your first book, learning something new and anything else. Don't think too much, start it and commit to it.

Don't make excuses

If you are trying to do something, first things first don't look at others and feel bad that you have not yet reached where they have reached. Just remember that you have just started and you will reach there too.

Don't compare

Exercise. Yeah as simple as that. The time you spend on scrolling YouTube shorts, Instagram reels and what not, can be spent in exercising and taking care of your body. Spare some time for workout, it can be from 20-40 mins and you would notice difference in your mood and your body.

Keeping moving

You control your life or else your life will control you.

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Ways to keep going when you life feels stuck

When life feels like it's on hold, don't sit around feeling sorry for yourself. Take positive steps to keep moving in the right direction.

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Mindfulness

5 Ways to Keep Going When Life Feels On Hold

Everybody’s got a plan, till they get punched in the face. And now, especially now, no one is going to fight now. People like talking now, they get on a stage, they get on Youtube, and they start talking.And some people are not made for handling criticism. Some people go off the deep end once you start criticizing them. I’ve gotten better at handling criticism as I’ve gotten older, but I can get even better.Sometimes I think in my head that I’m somebody, and then I’m easily offended. But when I know I’m nobody, I could never be offended.

“Some people go off the deep end once you start criticizing them.”

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Philosophy

Mike Tyson: Sometimes I Think In My Head That I’m Somebody

To be self-critical is imperative if one wishes to project influence outward. What are your talents? Where are your weak points? What stirs your deepest passion to action? No one can be inside your head but you. Honest self-assessment is absolutely required. A man fully aware of his capabilities can then use them for the greater good. The first step is to figure out just who and what you are.

1. Study Yourself 

Whatever your vision, whatever your plan, two heads are always better than one. Network with and seek out others with the same general belief system as yours. Listen as much as you speak and always analyze and absorb, tweaking your ideas as you move along. It’s important to nurture your first couple of followers as Derek Sivers humorously explains in How To Start A Movement.

2. Seek Out Other Like-Minded Individuals 

If you want to have a positive impact you have be consistent, reliable, and treat others with dignity. <a href="https://www.allprodad.com/10-ways-to-be-a-man-of-integrity/">In other words you need to have integrity and a strong moral framework. </a>Otherwise, you will drift with the cultural wind or join in whatever is popular with the crowd. Drifters never make an impact.

3. Ethics And Integrity 

Many people shut down and go with what they already think they know. Yet, circumstances and conditions are always in a constant state of change, and what might have been correct yesterday can be disastrous today. It requires active participation to make sure you are still learning. Do not trust just one source, one opinion, or one ideology.

4. Keep Learning 

Draw on your own pain to relate as best you can to the pain of others. Open up your heart and your mind to their needs. If you understand them, then you can help them. And ultimately, you can lead them.

5. Develop Compassion 

Ego can wreck even the best plans and intentions. Don’t focus on recognition, but rather on moving the mission forward. This is something that most will never be able to accomplish because it is against our nature and training to accept zero recognition for our achievements. Yet, if you master the ability to sit in the shadows as you watch your work blossom, you will soon learn that no deed goes unrewarded no matter how small.

6. Focus On The Mission 

Creating the type of change you wish to see is serious and tough business. You fail far more often than you succeed, and those with weak spirits will not last long. Stay focused on the finish line and whatever you do, find the inner strength and conviction to keep moving toward it.

7. Keep Your Heart And Mind On The End Game 

Change involves moving out of our comfort zones. It takes great courage to stand up, stand out, and go. It takes even greater courage to have the conviction to remain steadfast after experiencing failure. Change will always be resisted and reviled until it is proven to be a better option. To get to that point, courage and conviction are of utmost importance.

8. Get Out Of Your Comfort Zone

Giving should always be our primary focus. We should have things we wish to do in our life but can’t because we give away too much. The world is full of those who will take. Positive change requires sacrifice and giving hearts. Give of your time, your talents, your blessings, and especially your love. In this way alone, one man truly can change the world. A simple gesture of kindness to a person in need creates ripples of change that spread far and wide.

9. Give Until It Hurts

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