45 Quotes & Sayings By Derric Yuh Ndim

Derric Yuh Ndim is a Canadian writer and blogger. He is a graduate of Douglas College and the University of Victoria, and he has previously worked for the Vancouver Sun and Canadian Business magazines. His blog is written in both English and his native Haida language.

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We are entitled to a great life — that somehow, somewhere, someone (certainly not us) is responsible for filling our lives with continuous happiness, exciting career options, nurturingfamily time, and blissful personal relationships simply becausewe exist. But the real truth — and the one lesson that all thesuccess principles I have learnt are based on — is that there is onlyone person responsible for the quality of the life you live. Thatperson is you. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Our tomorrow isshaped by the choices we make today, consciously or unconsciously Derric Yuh Ndim
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How we feel (emotions) determines what we do (our actions/behavior) which directly determines the results manifested inour life. Derric Yuh Ndim
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All pain, pleasure and self-limitation either originate in theconscious mind or is accepted uncritically from an outside source. Derric Yuh Ndim
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The most important thinganyone who is looking at a career, especially students, can do is toremember that strengthening and developing your employ-abilityis your personal responsibility. Derric Yuh Ndim
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If you don’t take control of yourcareer development, it’s highly unlikely that anyone else will! Derric Yuh Ndim
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The best way to prepare for life is acombination of formal traditional education, reading, seminars, and workshops, coupled with experience as well as tapping into the knowledge of experienced people. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Many self-help teachers say that our schools only focus on “preparing today’s youths to get good jobs by developing scholastic skills.” They think that’s a bad thing. It’s probably the right thing. Not everyone is suited for entrepreneurship, as statistics seem to suggest. Even future entrepreneurs usuallyneed to begin as employees to get their starting capital and tolearn while they work. . Derric Yuh Ndim
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The difference between successful and unsuccessful people isn’t really aboutresources that were available to them when they started out, Instead its their resourcefulness or personal initiative that makes the difference. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Your self-esteem and emotional strength relies solely onhow you think and how you see things around you. Derric Yuh Ndim
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A client of mine once joked, “If youremployer likes you, the rest is history, the raise and everythingelse will come.” That intangible attitude in the workplace is whatsets apart those who get promoted and those who don’t. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Work and Life are not separate spheres. They are integratedmoments in life that happen throughout the day. Derric Yuh Ndim
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The idea that “work” competes with “life” ignores that “life” is actually the intersection and interaction of four major domains: work, home, community, and the private self. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Our life is an odd mixture of different moments of action andinaction, work and rest. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Personal growth is the most powerful force for change on earth. I believe that personal growth can help anyone change anything. Derric Yuh Ndim
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As someone said, inthe School of Hard Knocks they give the test first, then thelesson. That is a slow, costly and surely painful way to learn. Unfortunately, it’s the only “school” that teaches many thingsyou need to know. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Always keep in mind the paramount importance of living a balanced life with emphasis on nurturing strong friendships and family ties, while still doing the things that you find rewarding for reasons other than mere monetary income. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Only once you believe that success is possible, then success becomes possible Derric Yuh Ndim
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First, it is essential to determine precisely what you wantto achieve. Just wanting to be “successful” is too general. Derric Yuh Ndim
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I have learned its the most difficult thing to become financially free from earning the minimum wage. So even if employees increase the minimum wage its the same thing. But once employees improve on their skills and personal value their wages go up and then financial freedom is posible. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Our perceptions of reality are only a relationship to what is actually out there. Perceptions are influenced by context, by previous life experience, and by our tendency to seek outevidence to confirm our expectations. This drive to confirm, asargued by social physiologists, results in what is known as self fulfilling prophecy. Derric Yuh Ndim
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When you are a child you unconsciously adopt certain beliefs. Yet, there comesthe necessity to upgrade these beliefs as you grow older. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Unbelief in the supernatural is a belief in its own nature. Derric Yuh Ndim
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If you want to live an exceptional life, you must move beyond probability into the realm of possibility Derric Yuh Ndim
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It’s our decisions, not our conditions, that ultimately shape the quality of our lives. Derric Yuh Ndim
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How you define an event produces emotionand determines how you feel going forward Derric Yuh Ndim
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Many of us have allowed well-meaning parents, teachers, religious leaders and peers to tell us that there issomething fundamentally wrong with us if we don’t believe as they do. Simply put, we have forgotten how to think for ourselves. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Every day you make certain decisions and take specific actions that come about as a result of how you think, feel and the habits you tend to indulge Derric Yuh Ndim
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I don’t understand why people are always putting us down, instead of encouraging us to become great. Because, when you do become great, you will give me a world that I would not have any other way. We all havesomething to give one another. Derric Yuh Ndim
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If you are using probability arguments wit yourself, you are saying: “I want to live a life like everybody else! ” By definition, an exceptional life is a life of low probability. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Material poverty doesn’t causemurder, rape or terror. Mental poverty does. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Each child is a new being, a potentialprophet, a new spiritual prince, a new spark of light.... Whoare we to decide that it is hopeless (impossible)? Derric Yuh Ndim
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Living a life without setting goals is like sailing a ship without a planned course. You are likely to end up somewhere you didn’t intend to go! Derric Yuh Ndim
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Our value/belief system acts as aconditioning factor for our thinking pattern. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Even the greatest fool can accomplish a task if it were after hisor her heart. But the intelligent ones are those who can convert every work into one that suits their taste Derric Yuh Ndim
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If you decide to do anything and follow throughwith actions with the same intensity as your decision, you willdefinitely end up with an excellent result. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Your goals are as good as your actions. No action taken, no goals achieved Derric Yuh Ndim
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Always take massive imperfect action towards your goals because the timemight never be “just right”. Derric Yuh Ndim
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I’m a witness to personal development being the best investment you could ever make by improving yourselfproactively, working on your awareness, improving your skillsand knowledge about how you can get to the edge of yourpotential Derric Yuh Ndim
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The only way to watch paid TV from the comfort of your room isby subscribing to a paid TV service. In the same way, the only wayto change your level of financial success ‘permanently’ is to subscribeand keep upgrading your financial mind-set. But it is your decisionwhether you choose to change or not. Derric Yuh Ndim
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My view is that, if you think that money brings problems, you have a problem with money. The money itself is innocent. Derric Yuh Ndim
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Whats the point to spend money you haven’t earned, to buy thingsyou don’t need, to impress people you don’t like Derric Yuh Ndim
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I have learned its very difficult to become financially free by earning the minimum wage. Even if employers increased the minimum wage like the always do its the same thing. But once employees improve on their skills and self development, their wages inevitably go up and then financial independence is possible. Derric Yuh Ndim
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If you love someone you would do anything for them right? Now imagine you are that someone. Give yourself the gift of everything you want Derric Yuh Ndim