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Hardness scares off the daydreamers and the timid, leaving more opportunity for those like us who are willing to take the time to carefully work out the best path forward and then confidently take action.

…the psychological immune system has a more difficult time manufacturing positive and credible views of inactions than of actions.

Unless you can concentrate on what you want to do and suppress distractions, it’s hard to accomplish anything, period.

Sadly, many of us spend much of our time oscillating between states of stress and boredom: different but equally unfocused, unproductive, unsatisfying conditions.

…our customary focus on things temporal and material is the major cause of human misery, because it distracts us from attending to timeless, formless true reality.

No matter how trapped you may feel your current life, there are positive actions you can take and new experiences to be had.

…sticking with your current way of doing things is the way to ensure that things stay exactly as they are. It is quite simple: If you want your life to change, you have to take different actions.

…successful people take action as quickly as possible, even though they may perform badly.

When something catches your fancy, when you are filled with unexpected excitement, or you are inexplicably drawn toward a topic you know little about, trust your curiosity and allow it to propel you into action.

You don’t create a satisfying life by limiting yourself to the ways you are similar to others, but by celebrating the ways that you are unique.