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Contentment is for cows a challenging purpose is for people.

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Denis Waitley
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: January 1
Businessperson
Motivational Speaker
Writer
Challenges
Purpose
People
Cows
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Contentment

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Personal development is the belief that you are worth the effort, time, and energy needed to develop yourself.
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I had the blues because I had no shoes until upon the street, I met a man who had no feet.
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The single most outwardly identifiable trait demonstrated by a winning human being is that of positive self-expectation- which is pure and simple optimism.
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On our track to success, we have to fight the tendency to look at others and see how far they've come. The only thing that counts is how we use the potential we possess and that we run our race to the best of our abilities.
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Wealth is only a source of happiness when it is used to do good for others
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The secret to productive goal setting is in establishing clearly defined goals, writing them down and then focusing on them several times a day with words, pictures and emotions as if we've already achieved them.
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SMILE! In every language, in every culture - it is the light in your window that tells people there's a caring, sharing individual inside and it's the universal code for I'm O. K. - You're O. K., too!
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We don't get what we want, we get what we expect.
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Don't assume that money, shelter and creature comforts are enough to demonstrate your love. Nothing can replace your presence, your hug, your smile, your touch - you!
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It is a psychological fact that we cherish most what we have worked hardest to gain. The further we have come, the sweeter the celebration at the destination when we arrive.
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Successful people believe in the validity of their own dreams and goals, even if dreams are all they have to go on.
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Expect the best convert problems into opportunities be dissatisfied with the status quo focus on where you want to go, instead of where you're coming from and most importantly, decide to be happy, knowing it's an attitude, a habit gained from daily practice, and not a result or payoff.
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