Wisdom
There's nothing worse than being stupid. Being broke is bad but being stupid is awful. And what's really bad is being broken stupid. That's about the end of the world. There is not anything much worse than that. Unless you're sick. Sick broken stupid... there is nowhere else to go. So make sure you get the information. It's key. You don't have to like it but learn it!
Make sure you get the information. What you think about it that's up to you. What you're going to do with it that'll soon be up to you but make sure you get it
You don't have to like the setup. I don't ask you to like how it is. That's not what's important. But it's important to learn how it is. You don't have to like it but you should learn it
Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance is poverty. Ignorance is tragedy. You have got to know or you are going to get hurt
Now that's my opinion. Listen to the other lectures, listen to me and make up your own mind. Don't be a follower, be a student
Become a good reader!
All of the successful people I know and work with around the world they're all good readers. Curiosity drives them to read. They have got to know. They just read read read read ... Become a good reader!
Trust is a childish virtue but the rewards are incredible. So be like a child
Have faith like a child! Adults are too skeptical
Get excited like a child over your ability to make yourself do anything for change
Be curious like a child
You may not be able to do all you find out. But you should find out all you can do
If you wish to be successful study success! If you wish to be happy study happiness! If you wish to be wealthy study wealsh! Don't leave it to chance, make it a study! Some people just go through the day with their fingers crossed. See that won't do it. You've got to study the things that can change your economic, social, spiritual personal life!
Put the information in your journal. Don't use your head for a filing cabinet
The problem is lack of an idea on how to create money and wealth. It isn't lack of money it's lack of ideas so if you get the idea so you can change anything. To get ideas you need a constant study of finding out
The first key to doing better is find out. To change your life really you need ideas. There isn't anything an idea can't change
What if they don't show up?
It takes self motivation to really alter your life. You don't want to give self motivation away to somebody else and make it somebody else to motivate you. The guy says - boy if somebody just come by and turn me on... - what if they don't show up? See you got to have a better plan for your life.
Don't send your ducks to eagles school
Good people are not trained, they are found. You find good people. You don't make them good, you find them good. Training really is for the purpose of finding good people. You don't need much instruction for a good person
Self motivation
Key phrase - self motivation. You’ve got to motivate yourself because I found out you can’t change people. They can change themselves, but you can’t change them. Lord knows some I’ve tried. People have to change themselves. It takes self motivation to really alter your life
I found out you can’t change people. They can change themselves, but you can’t change them. Lord knows some I’ve tried. People have to change themselves
Key to discipline
Now, here’s the key to discipline. Start with the little disciplines. Get excited over the little disciplines and get right on those, because those will lead to the big ones. You can’t handle the big challenges in life unless you take on the little ones. Make a list of all the things you can do. Get right on those. Discipline yourself for those, both for the results and for the muscle and the practice, so that when life hands you some big challenges, you’ll be ready, you’ll have the muscle
Murder is a clear example that any one person any given day can forever alter the course of their life. It just happens to be a negative act. But just as sure as you can commit a negative act, you can also commit a positive act and forever alter your life. Whenever you wish. That's exciting
On any given day you can massively change the direction of your life
Discipline - major step to human progress. If there is one thing to get excited over - that's it. Get excited over your ability to make yourself do the necessary things