2. If we are facing a difficulty, it is easy to spend all our walking hours focusing on it. Instead, I recommended that you schedule fixed times to worry, say, thirty minutes every evening. During this worry session, you may wallow in your problems and brood over your difficulties. But after that period ends, you must train yourself to leave your troubles behind and do something more
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7. Most people believe “Knowledge is power”. But Knowledge is not power. Knowledge is only potential power. It transforms itself into actual power the moment you decisively act on it.
12. The problem with losing your temper on a daily basis is that it becomes a habit. And like most habits, a time arrives when it becomes second nature. Personal relationships start unraveling, business partnerships begin to fall apart and your credibility decreases as you become known as “a loose cannon.” Effective people are consistent and in many ways, predictable. Tough times call for cool people and they are always cool and calm when the pressure is on. Keeping your cool in a moment of crisis can save you years of pain and anguish. Hurtful words unleashed in a single minute of anger have led to many a broken friendship. Words are like arrows: once released, they are impossible to retrieve. So choose yours with care.
13. An excellent way to control your temper is simply to count to 100 before you respond to someone who has irritated you.
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15. The person who asks for what he wants at least has a chance of getting what he wants. The person who does not ask has no chance.
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17. The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.
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19. The second reason that goal-setting works is that it keeps you alert to opportunities.
20. Third reason goal-setting works is that clearly defined goals commit you to a course of action. They give you the inspiration to act on your priorities and make things happen in your life rather than waiting for opportunities to land in your lap.