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Today, spend a little time cultivating relationships offline. Never forget that everybody isn't on social media.Germany Kent
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Me, well, there is meaning to the work and things I've done. But I never started an exercise revolution. I never became controversial because of my political beliefs. I don't believe I've affected change on a grand scale. I think I made a contribution. I know I've made people laugh. Through characters I have played, I've certainly allowed people to access their own expression of sadness or remorse, anger or disappointment. I've always believed that being an actor is a great service job. And I am of service. But it's just a job. So much of the glitz and fame, I can't even remember. I have blank spots where spotlights have been. It's easier for me to remember the ordinary goings-on of my life, because that's what my life is most of the time. It's just a life. Mine, like yours, has moaned and groaned. Stretched and turned. Sometimes good, oftentimes bad. People up and gone, love found and thrown away. Many moments make up a life. I am surprised by how many of my fame moments are blank spots. The volume turned down. Fame wants to turn up the volume on everything. It wears me out and intrudes on my need for solitude.Katey Sagal
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The 7 Steps to Transformation:1. Dream it.2. Envision it.3. Think it.4. Grow it.5. Become it.6. Live it.7. OWN it.Germany Kent
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To have extreme, laser-like focus, you must be willing to reject a lot of opportunities, even if they sound great.Mensah Oteh
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A wide-angle view of sails sparkling white against a cobalt sky as light dances, silver on the water. Like art, it soothes the edge, allowing you to see something simple from a different perspective.Laurie Nadel
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Circumstances, events or situations do not have inherent meanings except what you give themMensah Oteh
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Time is the first currency for success and one we all hold in common.Mensah Oteh
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You receive the gift of time freely and equally every day, beautifully wrapped in twenty-four new hours to invest in whatever you want, and how you use each hour decides your success or the lack of itMensah Oteh
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Find something about yourself to laugh about every day.Mensah Oteh
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The most important relationship in your life should be your relationship with yourself.Mensah Oteh
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You are on your way to building a significant life when your service to others stops focusing on the now and the immediate future and instead focuses on generations to come and how your actions today will impact them long after you are gone.Mensah Oteh
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To find true fulfilment, you must live your life’s purpose.Mensah Oteh
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There isn’t a single definition of happiness to suit everyone’s requirements, but you know it when you feel itMensah Oteh
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Success and the pursuit of it can nourish your body, but only significance has the ability to nourish your mind, body and spirit.Mensah Oteh
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Master the art of finding something to celebrate about in each moment and life will become an exciting adventureMensah Oteh
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Don’t try, be happy.Mensah Oteh
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You already have the abundance of life in you, and each day you must decide to live abundantly by choosing not to live in the past, by never taking counsel of your fear, and most importantly by seeing the greatness within you and embracing it.Mensah Oteh
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The abundant life should include all that life has freely given you — love, good health, success, prosperity, happiness, joy, spirituality, fulfilment, wisdom, purpose, growth and excitement.Mensah Oteh
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To succeed in life you need five things — a burning desire, a willingness to do whatever it takes, wisdom, incredible effort, and a commitment to never ending improvement.Mensah Oteh
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The greatest people in history were those who lived a life of significance and service. You can join them if you’re willing to serve.Mensah Oteh
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You need time, perseverance, and patience to develop the character and abilities required for success.Mensah Oteh
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Define success by your terms, not by other people’s standards.Mensah Oteh
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Greatness is achieved when you fulfil your purpose by doing what you were born to do.Mensah Oteh
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Always direct your emotions, desires, behaviour, and actions in the present so they are in alignment with what you want in your future.Mensah Oteh
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Self-discipline is a prerequisite to progress.Mensah Oteh
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Your ego does not need to be crushed, it needs to be redeemed.Mensah Oteh
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Perfection is the lowest standard out there because it is unattainable. Be the best you can but don’t try to be someone you were not born to be.Mensah Oteh
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Your words reveal your wants but your actions reveal your expectations.Mensah Oteh
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You have mastered the art of discipline when you are able to act according to what you ultimately desire rather than how you feel in the present moment.Mensah Oteh
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To get to ‘yes’ from ‘no’, you may have to journey through ‘maybe’.Mensah Oteh
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Ninety-five per cent of your success or failure will come from your daily habits.Mensah Oteh
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Staying true to your dream by using your mental, emotional and physical strength is discipline in action. You express it through focus, grit, self-control, persistence, perseverance, and willpower.Mensah Oteh
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Discipline is more about self-control through your inner strength and less about restriction.Mensah Oteh
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The ability to make yourself do what needs to be done at the appropriate time and in the appropriate manner — irrespective of your feelings — marks the true test of self-discipline.Mensah Oteh
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Self-discipline is a learned habit that should be developed and continuously worked on through regular application, practice, and repetition.Mensah Oteh
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Discipline begins where you are, and the key to sustaining the level of discipline you need lies in developing daily habits and routines which mirror the life you want to have.Mensah Oteh
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The investment you make in others is transferred to everyone they influence long after you’re gone. SignificanceMensah Oteh
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Significance is about making a difference, and its pursuit should ideally come before the pursuit of success — or at least at the same time.Mensah Oteh
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It’s not how long you live that matters, it’s how well you live.Mensah Oteh
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Have you decided how great you want to be? It’s really up to you. Greatness is a choice.Mensah Oteh
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Success may create excitement, but only significance leads to fulfilment.Mensah Oteh
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Success lasts a lifetime but stops at the end of your life. Significance lasts many lifetimes and continues long after you’re gone.Mensah Oteh
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If you see success as a race, then you will start eagerly with enthusiasm and passion with the hope of finishing quickly but there is much more to your success journey than your duration and speed.Mensah Oteh
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Achievers are biased towards action despite any fear, and this courage sets them apart from others.Mensah Oteh
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You need courage because at various moments in your life you might need to attempt something new, push yourself outside your comfort zone, challenge the status quo, change your story, or overcome your fear.Mensah Oteh
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Your life is a direct reflection of your level of investment in yourself, and your success or the lack of it is often decided by your personal development level.Mensah Oteh
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Commit to the lifestyle of investing in you first. It always produces the best return.Mensah Oteh
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Investing in yourself is one of the foundations for better relationships, health, happiness, success, and prosperity.Mensah Oteh
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You can’t excel in everything but you can be exceptional in a few things, so why not choose your life’s focus?Mensah Oteh
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You will only ever achieve the level of success that matches your wisdom or personal development level.Mensah Oteh
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Invest time, energy, and money into increasing your knowledge and wisdom so you can become the best you can be — it’s the best investment you could make.Mensah Oteh
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Your wisdom decides your value, the size of the problems you can solve, the opportunities you create, and ultimately the level of success you experience.Mensah Oteh
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To be successful choose an area of focus in life. It will identify where your energy should be invested and (more importantly) the source of your joy and success.Mensah Oteh
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Progress can’t be achieved without investing in and constantly improving yourself.Mensah Oteh
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Don’t ask what it will cost or how much of your time you will have to sacrifice. Instead, ask what it’s worth.Mensah Oteh
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The level of success you experience externally is a reflection of your level of personal development internally.Mensah Oteh
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Good mentors and coaches will help you reach your destination faster than you can by yourself.Mensah Oteh
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If you wish to be and remain successful, invest a minimum of five to ten per cent of your income each month and your time each day on your personal growth and development.Mensah Oteh
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Success can’t be achieved without personal development and constantly improving yourself.Mensah Oteh
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Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgement that your dreams, desires or goals are more important than fear.Mensah Oteh
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Acting courageously is about knowing and making the right choices based on a deep conviction that dwarfs fear, doubt, and worry.Mensah Oteh
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Courage is the ability to make yourself take action in spite of your fear.Mensah Oteh
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Successful people’s dreams aren’t just about results. They’re about the changes their dreams will bring to their lives and the impact achieving their goal will have on those around them.Mensah Oteh
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Dare to be different.Mensah Oteh
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Big dreams only come true when you believe and have the courage to pursue them.Mensah Oteh
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Courage is important but it shouldn’t be used in making impulsive decisions or taking uncalculated actions.Mensah Oteh
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You might fear you don’t have what it takes, but you don’t need to have all the answers or everything figured right from the start.Mensah Oteh
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Finding the courage to break away from other people’s opinions, and your self-limiting thoughts, could be the most significant breakthrough transformation you make on your journey to success.Mensah Oteh
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You are a product of the stories you believe and accept.Mensah Oteh
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Until you develop the courage to pursue that dream in your heart, you will never reach your true potential.Mensah Oteh
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To become successful you have to dream big. Small dreams don’t have the magic to stir up passion and greatness within you.Mensah Oteh
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Life goals hold the key to a lifetime of success.Mensah Oteh
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At the end of your life you want to arrive at a well-designed destination rather than an unexpected destination, and you do this by setting life goals, not short-term, not medium, not long-term, but life goals.Mensah Oteh
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Your goals should not be based on what you can do or what is possible but on what you want.Mensah Oteh
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Failure is a pitfall of working without a plan.Mensah Oteh
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Goals reveal your path to success, greatness and significance. Become a master goal setter and you will chart the course of your life.Mensah Oteh
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Life should not be measured by duration alone but by donation also, by what you do during your lifetime.Mensah Oteh
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Goals help you look towards the future with anticipation and excitement rather than with anxiety, and when clearly defined and broken into smaller steps, they enable you pay the price needed to achieve your dreams.Mensah Oteh
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The greatest value in the goal process is the skills, the knowledge, the discipline, and the character you develop in pursuit of your goal.Mensah Oteh
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Achieving your goal should always be of secondary importance. Your focus should be on becoming the kind of person deserving of the goal.Mensah Oteh
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Be specific about what you want. Decide, define, describe, discuss and develop your plans and then act on them.Mensah Oteh
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In selecting any goal you should focus on the reason — without a compelling reason your resolve will weaken.Mensah Oteh
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There is a direct relationship between the number of times you attempt a task and the likelihood of success.Mensah Oteh
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Effort is the foundation of all achievements and is the single greatest competitive advantage and quality you must consistently apply to achieve your dreams.Mensah Oteh
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You must discipline yourself consistently to do what others do occasionally in order to have the future few will get to experience.Mensah Oteh
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Talent is never enough. Effort, not talent, is the key to success.Mensah Oteh
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Your rewards in life will be in proportion to the effort you apply.Mensah Oteh
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Talent helps, but success is only achieved and sustained through consistent effort.Mensah Oteh
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Success is not simply about intelligence and ambition. The time invested, the quality of preparation, and the effort applied are essential to excellence or mastery.Mensah Oteh
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Working hard alone without being smart and consistent won’t lead to success.Mensah Oteh
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Wisdom allows you to decide how best to apply yourself to get the most return on your time and energy invested.Mensah Oteh
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Success isn’t entirely a numbers game, but numbers play a part.Mensah Oteh
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Hard work without purpose seldom leads to success.Mensah Oteh
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To be successful you must be willing to work hard, work smart, work consistently, and most importantly do all three simultaneously over a long period of time.Mensah Oteh
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Goals are the result of bringing your dreams, ideas, and ideals into a real and examinable form by giving them permanence in written form.Mensah Oteh
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They are probably the single most important deciding factor for long-term success, and your ability to set and make plans to achieve them is the master skill to your successful future.Mensah Oteh
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Long-term goals provide focus, but inspiration comes from the accomplishment of short-term goals.Mensah Oteh
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In order to be successful you must decide to be intentional about what you do, how you live, and who you are becoming.Mensah Oteh
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Achieving a goal is not the most important part of the process. The destination should never be your primary purpose or objective.Mensah Oteh
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Reasons are the fuel for goal achievement. Without a strong enough reason, it’s impossible to persevere.Mensah Oteh