His books made a positive impression on the younger me. In Winning Through Intimidation he explained our sun is slowly burning out, and that in about 50 billion years it will be completely extinguished. When that occurs, the earth will be nothing but a frozen ball of ice and that perspective makes today’s problems seem practically nonexistent in comparison.
He emphasizes that seeing life this way allows you to play the game of life more calmly—to take risks, enjoy the process, and not treat every setback like a personal catastrophe.
Here are ten other quotes of his...
1. "Reality isn’t the way you wish things to be nor the way they appear to be, but the way they actually are."
2. "If you don’t act on life, life has a habit of acting on you."
3. "You must learn to distinguish between those who mean what they say and those who say what they think you want to hear."
4. "Success is a matter of understanding and religiously practicing specific, simple habits that always lead to success."
5. "People say they love truth, but in reality they want to believe that which makes them feel comfortable."
6. "Waiting for just the right moment to act is the surest path to failure."
7. "The key to success is to focus our conscious mind on things we desire not things we fear."
8. "Life is nothing more than a series of experiments. It’s the cumulative results that matter."
9. "Being a nice guy has nothing to do with being a patsy."
10. "You can’t control the behavior of others, but you can control your own reaction to it."
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