I was once grounded for coming home in the dark.In a Nutshell, success is something you attract by the person you become.
Do not sass or talk back to your parents or other adults.So if you want to start living a better Life this very moment, then you must at this very moment put you energy into becoming a better you. If your parents take you to see a professional, you must cooperate.This is because; income will seldom exceed your own personal development. While I saw a psychologist at the age of twelve, I refused to do tasks the psychologist gave me because I did not want to be there.Well, once in a long while, income could take a lucky jump, but unless you grow out to where it is, it will go back to where you are. The ride home with my mother was very unpleasant.A wise man once said, “”If you took all the money in the world and divided it among everyone equally, it would soon be back in the same pockets.”"
However, you can have more because you can become more.
When you see a performance or speech with your parents, you must clap when the rest of the audience claps.In other words, you can have more than you’ve got because you can become more than you are. I once refused to clap during a church sermon.So unless you change how you are, you will always have what you’ve got. My punishment was to eat liver with mayonnaise on it for dinner.All your marketing plans no matter how good they may seem, won’t work without you.
If your parents forbid you from having a particular food or drink, you must obey.It is the human effort that counts; so you’ve got to work it. During a time I was not allowed to have milk, I bought a carton of milk and put it the freezer downstairs.This is the major reason why some people seem to be doing far better than you.
One morning while I was getting ready to go to school, my father found the milk.The people that are doing better than you may not necessarily be smarter than you or of better character. He took my lunch money off my dresser and prevented me from having breakfast.Infact, they may even be having difficult personalities and questionable ethics. He told me, “”If I find any more milk you have bought, you’ll get your butt out of my house.Their ideas and opinions may not make much sense, but they nonetheless are doing better than you. You make the choice.Now, when you throw out your blame list and start becoming more yourself, then everything else will begin to change around you.
This book was written to assist you become a better you so that you can start living a better life. “”
Quickly use every gift your parents give you.Let’s go into the book right away as we begin to consider the various steps you need to take in order to start living a better life this very moment.
1. Several years ago, my father made me turn off my radio while I ate dinner because I had not started using a headset system he bought me for Christmas.WORK ON YOUR CHOICES
Aristotle said. Never mind that I did not ask for that item.”"We live in a world governed by laws, not chance.
Do not mess with your teachers’ materials.Everything happens for a reason, whether or not we know what it is. In my junior year in high school, I ripped out a page from my English teacher’s chart so I could finish taking notes.Every effect has a specific cause or has an effect of some kind, whether we can see it and whether we like it or not.” Success in anything in life is not a miracle, nor is it a matter of luck. I was written up and received a day of detention.Every thing happens for a reason, good or bad, positive or negative.
Never flip your middle finger at school.When you decide on what you really want, you then go ahead to copy other people who have achieved it before you, and you will eventually get the same results that they have. In my sophomore year, a classmate flipped me off and I returned the gesture.But let it be known to you that you create your entire world by the way you think. I was caught and sent to the hall.All the people and situations in your life have only the meaning you give them by the way you think about them.
Never relieve yourself in public.And when you change your thinking, you change your life, sometimes in second! What I am trying to say in a Nutshell is that, you become what you think about most of the time. In my junior year, I relieved myself outside because I thought I did not have enough time to use the restroom before the beginning of my next class.This principle is as applicable to individuals as it is to groups of individuals and organizations.
Now, it is not what happens to you but how you think about what happens to you that determine how you feel and react.
I was suspended for two days.It may interest you to know that it is not the world outside you that dictates your circumstances or conditions. I was lucky I was not prosecuted for indecent exposure.It is the world inside that creates the conditions of your life.
Be careful how you spend money.In other words, you choose your emotions and your behaviors by the way you choose to think about the world around you and about what is happening to you. I regret spending almost all of my allowance on comic books and not saving enough money.You can decide to react to any situation or condition in such a way that your responses are constructive and effective. Immediately deposit at least ten percent of your earnings in the bank when you get paid.But the facts remains that you are always free to choose.
Carry comic books home in your bag or hands.The way you explain things to yourself is under your control. I once put my comic books down my shirt and lost them.But its good for you to know that your thoughts and feedings are continually changing.
It is essential to eat properly and exercise to be healthy and improve your learning abilities.They are quickly affected by the events around you. Eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, whole grains and dairy products daily.For instance, when you receive a piece of good news, your countenance immediately brightens and you feel more positive toward everyone and everything.
Limit your intake of junk food.But if on the other hand, you unexpectedly receive some bad news, you can immediately become upset, angry, and short- tempered, even if the news is inaccurate or untrue. Do an aerobic exercise such as walking, jogging or bicycling for thirty minutes five days a week.Do you now agree with me that it is the way you interpret events to yourself that determines how you react to them.
It is also important to become physically stronger. So, what changes can you make in your thinking to improve the quality of some parts of your life starting from this very moment. If you do not have access to a gym, you can bench press and carry a bag or container full of weights or bricks.
2, CHALLENGE ALL YOUR SELF-LIMITING BELIEFS
A particular dictionary defines belief as “”a feeling that something or somebody is real and true; or confidence in something or somebody”". To exercise your stomach muscles, bench press a small amount of weight directly over your stomach.While Napoleon Hill said, “”The person who closes his mind to new ideas, concepts and experiences, enslaves his own personality.” Your beliefs act like a set of filters that screens out information that is inconsistent with them.
I sometimes lost gloves as a kid.Now, you may not necessarily believe what you see, but you will always see what you already believe. Make sure you have ample space in the pockets of your jackets and coats to carry your gloves.You consciously or unconsciously reject information that contradicts what you have already decided to believe, whether or not your beliefs, or your prejudices, are based on facts or fantasy.
Wear a hat in cold weather because you lose fifty percent of your body heat through your head.The word “”prejudice”" means to prejudge, to reach a conclusion in advance of any information, or even in spite of information, to the contrary. Carry mittens and gloves small enough to fit inside your mittens when it is very cold.To start living a better life from this very moment, you refrain from judging other people or situations until you have enough information to make an informed decision
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. Always keep the sun out of your eyes with a cap or sunglasses.
Do not go to school without your lunch or lunch money. If you prepare your lunch, immediately put it in your backpack. If you buy your lunch, check your pockets at the door to make sure you are not leaving without your money.
Focus on getting good grades. Get tutoring and extra assistance from your teachers. Put what you learn into your own perspective.
Use repetition. Read your notes forwards and backwards to prevent being caught off guard if a test question is worded differently from the way your teacher and textbook presented the material.
Do not do things or act a certain way just to fit in with friends.