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I started out as a high school teacher in inner-city Chicago and realized quite quickly that my students weren't that motivated.

Jack Canfield

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Jack Canfield
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: August 19
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Law of attraction says: We'll give you whatever it is you say and focus on. and so if you are complaining about how bad it is, what you're creating is more of how bad it is.
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If I hadn't spent many years trying to be as compassionate as Mother Teresa, as positive a thinker as W. Clement Stone, as prolific a writer as Stephen King, and as good a speaker as many of the legends I have studied, I would not be as successful as I am today.
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The bottom line is that you are the one who is creating your life the way it is. The life you currently live is the result of all your past thoughts and actions. You are in charge of your current thoughts and your present feelings.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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If we are not a little bit uncomfortable every day, we're not growing. All the good stuff is outside our comfort zone.
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