If you want to be a champion, you are going to have to learn to think and act independent of the good opinion of others. And you are going to have to learn to dream big when small men tell you you're just a dreamer.
When you are full of dreams, passion can lead you to pursue what may appear to be unrealistic goals and do things that no one but you understands, and few people will do. But that is precisely what gives you the opportunity to reach greatness. Champions are not realistic. They are audacious dreamers who set enormous goals. They’re not worried about setting goals too high; they’re afraid of setting them too low. All great performers have high standards. And almost all of them know the importance of consistently pushing themselves to new levels. Dreaming big doesn’t necessarily mean having more money, more possessions, or winning titles. Maybe your dream is to help end world hunger, or to be an ambassador for world peace, or to simply inspire others by leading an exemplary life. The point is to dream big! What you think is a big dream now, may turn out to be small in hindsight once you achieve it. If that weren’t the case, we would still be in the Stone Age. The number one reason why people don’t succeed in a big way is because it never occurs to them that they can do it. As a result, they never try, or they give up and quit as soon as the going gets tough. Where there’s a lack of dreams, there’s a lack of motivation and progress. Having an unrealistic imagination is the starting point for greatness. If you want to make a contribution to the world, dream big! Encourage your children to dream and fantasize. For as far back as I can remember, I had these wild fantasies and visions of doing and achieving great things in my life. That gave me the motivation and a vision for what I could achieve. When you dream big and follow your passion, you begin to do new and different things, gradually at first, until the whole direction of your life changes. In the beginning, our dreams always feel so immense. We wonder how we’re ever going to achieve them. We think about the enormity of the task ahead of us. But little by little, you make progress. One achievement here and another there add up over time. And eventually, those wins start to stack up, one by one. This builds momentum, moving you closer to your goals. By being willing to set an unrealistic goal, you instantly have an advantage over 99 percent of everyone else, because few are willing to think big and attempt great things. You realize that there’s a long road ahead, but you’re also willing to do what it takes to get there, and that is what makes you a winner.
Part 2...
· Crime doesn't pay. The big money is on the right side, and the bonus is you don’t get murdered or go to jail.
· The people closest to you could be the poorest sources of advice. Why? Because they care about you, and they want to protect you from failure and disappointment.
· Smart people avoid people, places and things that weaken them.
· At the risk of hitting a wrong note or two, sing! Be willing to explore your potential. Don't die with the music inside you.
· Life is way shorter than you think.
· If you want to perform like a champion, you must first learn to think like one. To change the printout of the body, you must learn to rewrite the software of the mind.
· Life is like a radio. All the stations are playing simultaneously; it’s simply a matter of which one you choose to tune into. A way to win and a way to lose always exist as options.
· It’s not what happens to us that creates our feelings; it’s what we believe about what happens to us—the meaning we assign to an event. Nothing in life has any meaning except the meaning we give it.
· When we are willing to see that our past isn’t set in stone as if it’s fossilized, we can revise the meaning behind unwanted experiences and free ourselves from the chains of our personal history. You are not your past.
· Your current circumstances don’t define you; they reveal you.
· You show me a “good” loser, and I’ll show you someone who makes losing a habit.
· Our souls are hungry for more than just victory. Our souls are hungry for meaning.
· If you cling to your old fearful beliefs, you will never be able to courageously create the life you dream of. Instead, you will remain a frightened child in a grown-up world.
· If you want to improve, each morning, ask: What can I do today to get me closer to my goal? In the evening before bed, ask: What did I learn that I can use tomorrow to move me closer to my goals?
· You become a winner the instant you decide to start living like a winner; then winning competitions and winning in life become possible. But first you must bridge the gap between where you are and where you want to be by living in a new identity.
· Find the best part of you, and treat yourself as if you are only that.
· Live as if your prayers have already been answered.
· If you are not living the life you imagined, it’s because someone or something convinced you that you weren’t smart enough or talented enough and you believed it.
· Every person who ever accomplished something that was thought to be impossible, simply performed a series of small tasks that were possible.
· Concealed in every situation we face is a lesson.
· Go boldly after what you want and expect some setbacks, some disappointments, and some rotten days. Embrace them all as a valuable part of the process and learn to say, “Thank you, teacher.”
· We will never experience what we’re remotely capable of unless we believe that the heroes we admire are really role models, showing us what’s possible—what we, too, can achieve and exceed.
· No matter how much talent or natural ability you have, no matter how many hours you practice, if you have a poor self-image you will never reach your full potential, because you can only perform up to your self-image.
· To improve, the first step is to forget about all the ideas in your head about what is wrong and why you should be doing better. Become interested in what you can learn, and look at your results as a nonjudgmental observer collecting and analyzing data.
· If you focus too much on how you failed, you will become an expert on failing. If you find yourself dwelling on mistakes or worrying about how you’re going to perform, immediately shift to what you did well in the past and envision yourself being at your best.
· My definition of commitment is simple: doing the thing you said you were going to do long after the excitement and jubilation you initially felt has faded.
· When you accept everything on your paths as a necessary part of the process, you stop looking at setbacks and mishaps as reasons to quit, and you start looking at those so-called failures as important steps and exciting opportunities.
· Those who succeed big at anything all have the same attitude: They keep going until it happens or die trying. Quitting is simply not an option.
· Knowledge and skill can be acquired through study and practice, but nothing great comes to those who quit.
· Most people don’t fail because they lack potential; they fail because they lose confidence in their ability and they give up.
· When you feel like giving up, realize that at that very moment, you are at the same fork in the road that everyone eventually faces. If you quit, you are being just like every other coward who takes the easy way out and chooses to give up.
Some of my personal views of life, success and the universe. 👇
· Life isn’t fair, get used to it! But don’t let it make you feel that you have to play unfair. You don’t.
· Breaking your word and screwing people eventually catches up to you.
· Drugs destroy dreams and alcohol pickles them. There are much better ways to get high naturally on life.
· No one builds something great and lasting by chance. Luck is unreliable. Every week someone wins the lottery, but every week the name is different. The harder you work and the better you practice, the luckier you get.
· Love is your natural state. If you want to change the world, learn to love your enemy.
· Don’t tell people what to do, inspire them by doing it.
· First step to getting rich is to go where the money is. The second step is to forget about the money and focus on being the best at what you do. The third step is to create value for humanity.
· When making big goals, think in decades, not years.
· Learn how to leverage and duplicate yourself.
· Only buy highly depreciating assets with 10% of your liquid net worth.
· Only lend to family and friends what you are willing to give.
· Always get odds on your money.
· Consider your savings at zero. No matter what happens… DON’T TOUCH IT! Ask the question: “what would I do if I didn’t have this money?” And then, do that.
· Ask good questions, you get solutions. Ask bad questions, you get problems and obstacles.
· What you focus on and think about expands and becomes real.
· The key to happiness is in the meaning you assign to events, and YOU are in control of that.
· Choice is the human superpower. Your choices change the world.
· There are no justified excuses for those who truly take responsibility.
· What is bad for one human is bad for the human race.
· There are no justified resentments.
· A mind is like a book, it’s only good when it’s open.
· What is most important to you will always win over what you want the most.
· You can achieve far more than you think you can.
· If you weren’t an important part of the universe, you wouldn’t be here. You matter.