Be happy!

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When I was five years old my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life.

When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down ‘happy’. They told me I did not understand the assignment. I told them they did not understand Life.

John Lennon

The sole purpose of life is being happy. What else could there be?

So stop worrying about money, about doing wrong things, about getting sick but instead enjoy what you have and live your life to the fullest every day!

/phil

Improve your life – be bold!

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Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.

Anas Nin

Life can be damn beatiful you just have to allow yourself to enjoy it. Be curious, show some courage and you will be more than fine!

/phil

Again about doing the right things

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To think is easy. To act is hard. But the hardest thing in the world is to act in accordance with your thinking.

Johann von Goethe

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Actions speak louder than words

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What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Remember, actions always weigh more than words!

Saying you are a good person is one thing, but proving it by being a good person is worth a lot more!

/phil

Do the right thing!

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Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.

Mark Twain

It is that simple.

Well in theory it is. Nevertheless just make sure you always aim for the right thing to do and you will be fine.

/phil

It is about getting things done

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The best job goes to the person who can get it done without passing the buck or coming back with excuses.

Napoleon Hill

When someone gives you an important task and you want to impress this certain somebody then remember to GET IT DONE!

If course it seems reasonable to come back with a good excuse and he will most likely not judge you if you have good reasons, but what is more important is that the person remembers giving you a task and you being unable to complete it.

No matter how good the reason, the next time he will think of someone to complete an important task he will not think like
“Who could get it done if there were no obstacles”
but rather
“Who gets my shit done without coming back to me before he is finished with a task”.
You may be lucky enough that there is not such a person and you as the second choice will still be the man to do the job but would it not be better to be the first choice to begin with?

Of course it would be. And that is why you get your shit done! If someone gives you a task and you want to help him out, you get it done.

By the way, this is one of the very idealistic posts, don’t take it literally. There are perfect reasons for coming back to a person without having fullfilled their tasks but this is a general idea of how work should function and how delegation of work should apply.

/phil

When times get tough…

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…remember this:

Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.

Charlie Chaplin

When you feel down or are in a very bad mood because of a certain upcoming tragedy just remember how you dealt with such things in the past.

No matter how bad or how big a problem might look right now, you always will look at it differently some years from now on.

Keep the bigger picture in mind!

/phil

Make your own decisions!

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People will judge you either way so go ahead and just do what feels right

Phil

Often when facing scaring or just big decisions you might wonder what close friends or even family might think of you.

I mean “important” decisions like wether to quit a job or not or if you want to leave the country or not. When it comes to career, family planning or serious stuff like that you will most certainly picture yourself in the possible situations and think about how people will look at you.

Don’t do that!

People will judge you no matter what you do. That goes for family, friends and enemies. Everybody does it and there is nothing wrong with it.

Just don’t let this judgement confuse your decisions. You know what is right for you and it will work out in the end so have the courage to make strong decisions that are in harmony with your own thoughts rather than forming a person other people might like.

Another important point is that there are not always right and wrong decisions. You’ll make so many decisions in your life that it will never be possible to relate anything (good or bad) to one single one.

So don’t be afraid, make choices, face the consequences, gain experience and be prepared that you might want to change your opinion in the end.

At least you will never wonder “What would have happened if I had just trusted myself” but you will be more certain because you have personal experience instead of recommendations!

Making own decisions based on own thoughts is always more likeable in the end. What is the worth of a person that likes you just because you make decisions in his/her favor? Right, you rather would not hang around with such a person.

/phil

The biggest change of all

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Unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got.

Jim Rohn

This may sound obvious but come to think of it: You will always stand where you are right now if you don’t change. Therefore ask yourself: Are you truly, and I mean eternally and forever- and ever happy? Are you genuinely satisfied with what you’ve got?

Chances are you are not. So think about what you want and what you have to do in order to get there. And now the fun part begins! Instead of making excuses why you don’t do it, which I’m sure there are plenty of, you start throwing yourself at it, you start being uncomfortable, your start expanding your comfort zone and challenge yourself on a daily basis!

So in conclusion, unless you are truly happy and satisfied without any wish for something new (If your are: Congratulations), START TO CHANGE TODAY!

And remember, there is no big difference in big or small changes, the biggest change of all is to go from stagnation to change in the first place.

/phil

Jim Rohn