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The big problem in America is that everyone is spending 2-3 hours a day watching TV. If you spend that same amount of time reading, you'll be in the top 1% of whatever your field is.

Jack Canfield

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Jack Canfield
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: August 19
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Every time you take a risk or move out of your comfort zone, you have a great opportunity to learn more about yourself and your capacity.
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Success depends on getting good at saying no without feeling guilty. You cannot get ahead with your own goals if you are always saying yes to someone else's projects. You can only get ahead with your desired lifestyle if you are focused on the things that will produce that lifestyle.
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Write your goals down in detail and read your list of goals every day. Some goals may entail a list of shorter goals. Losing a lot of weight, for example, should include mini-goals, such as 10-pound milestones. This will keep your subconscious mind focused on what you want step by step.
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May you always work like you don't need the money May you always love like you've never been hurt and May you always dance like there's nobody watching.
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A brilliant idea without action is like Mark McGwire playing baseball without a bat.
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The principles always work if you work the principles.
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To achieve your dreams, work is required. Suffering is optional.
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If you are not moving closer to what you want in sales (or in life), you probably aren't doing enough asking.
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To change bad habits, we must study the habits of successful role models.
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One way to kill an opportunity is to avoid taking it.
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Most of life is on-the-job training. Some of the most important things can only be learned in the process of doing them. You do something and you get feedback - about what works and what doesn't. If you don't do anything for fear of doing it wrong, poorly, or badly, you never get any feedback, and therefore you never get to improve.
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Each of us is born with a life purpose. Identifying, acknowledging, and honoring this purpose is perhaps the most important action successful people take.
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Mother Teresa was brilliant. She said, “I will never attend an anti-war rally. If you have a peace rally, invite me.” She knew. She understood the secret. Look what she manifested in the world.
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One of the things that may get in the way of people ... is that they're not in touch with their passion. If you're passionate about what it is you do, then you're going to be looking for everything you can to get better at it.
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If it ain't fun don't do it.
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People who ask confidently get more than those who are hesitant and uncertain. When you've figured out what you want to ask for, do it with certainty, boldness and confidence.
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