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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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I used to define success as being able to produce any result you wanted, whether it was a relationship, weight-loss, being a millionaire, impacting the culture, changing society, whatever it might be, it might be homelessness, whatever, but lately I've realized that success is fulfilling your soul's purpose.
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If you love your work, if you enjoy it, you're already a success.
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I like Dr. Daniel Amen's 18/40/60 Rule: When you're 18, you worry about what everybody is thinking of you when you're 40, you don't give a darn what anybody thinks of you when you're 60, you realize nobody's been thinking about you at all.
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One of the things I tell people in my seminars is to hang out with positive, nurturing people. You become like who you hang out with.
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True freedom is an inward state of being. Once it is attained, no situation in the world can bind one or limit one's freedom.
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I don't blame or complain about things like the economy, the government, taxes, employees, gas prices, or any of the external things that I don't have control over. The only thing I have control over is my response to these things.
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There is no right reaction. There is only your reaction.
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If you hang in there long enough, you will eventually reach your goal.
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There are only two words that will always lead you to success. Those words are yes and no. Undoubtedly, you've mastered saying yes. So start practicing saying no. Your goals depend on it!
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Most everything that you want is just outside your comfort zone. Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it. Our job is not to figure out the 'how'. The 'how' will show up out of the commitment and believe in the 'what
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It takes risks to achieve. It's often scary. It requires something you didn't know before or a skill you didn't have before. But in the end, it's worth it.
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Now, when anything 'bad' happens, I remember that everything that ever happens to me has within it the seeds of something better. I look for the upside rather than the downside. I ask myself, 'Where's the greater benefit in this event?'
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As you begin to take action toward the fulfillment of your goals and dreams, you must realize that not every action will be perfect. Not every action will produce the desired result. Not every action will work. Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.
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It's the feeling that really creates the attraction, not just the picture or the thought. A lot of people think, “If I think the positive thoughts, or if I visualize having what I want, that will be enough.” But if you're doing that and still not feeling abundant, or feeling loving or joyful, then it doesn't create the power of the attraction.
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