Yours to fulfill

Yours to fulfill
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Right now, there is something you can do to make a positive
difference in your world. Instead of just speculating about
it or wishing for it, go ahead and do it.

Positive, effective action is what changes things. And
you're fully capable of taking those actions that will bring
your highest visions to life.

Avoiding, delaying and making excuses will just waste time
and produce regrets. The time has come to take action.

Until you take decisive, committed action, your problems
will continue to hound you and your dreams will continue to
elude you. Get moving now, and your actions will surely
begin to bring those dreams to life.

You are designed from the inside out for meaningful
achievement. Go ahead and feel the delightful satisfaction
of doing what you are meant to do.

Get busy, take action, and make it happen. Life's best
possibilities are yours to fulfill.

Ralph Marston

The trap of anger

The trap of anger
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Your anger hurts you much more than it affects anyone else.
When your energy and awareness are tightly wrapped around
anger, you're not much good for anything else.

There are many things beyond your control that can be
perfectly legitimate reasons for anger. Yet the amount of
time you maintain that anger is completely up to you.

The more quickly you move on, the better off you'll be. When
you feel the first sensation of anger, let that be a
reminder to let it go.

Anger can be useful in calling your attention to matters
that require your response. But anger itself is not an
effective response.

Take a slow, deep breath and remind yourself of how much
more effective you can be by maintaining a positive,
results-oriented approach. Decide, in a cool, calm and
thoughtful manner, exactly what response would be the most
powerful and valuable, and then make it happen.

Don't let the foolish, thoughtless, destructive actions of
others catch you in a trap of anger. Take note of the anger,
let it go, put your focus on being your best, and you'll
surely emerge as a winner.

Ralph Marston

Your actions

Your actions
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Whether something is possible or impossible for you depends
more on what you do about it than on any other factor. Your
persistent, focused action is what brings possibilities to
life.

Certainly there are obstacles that stand in your way. And
you can choose to use those obstacles as excuses for not
taking action.

Or, you can choose to get up, get motivated and get busy
working your way toward the results you seek. Once you begin
to take action, the obstacles lose their power to stop you
and instead become steps along the pathway to achievement.

The actions necessary for success can often seem to be
difficult, complicated, inconvenient, embarrassing,
uncomfortable, tiresome or demeaning. Realize that those
undesirable qualities are, for the most part, mere
inventions of your mind, and your choice to take action will
override them every time.

When you know what you must do, then go ahead and make it
happen. Stop focusing on the excuses and start moving toward
real, valuable achievement.

Your actions have the power to change your life and to
change your world. Make full use of them, and fulfill your
greatest dreams.

Ralph Marston

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Begin

Begin
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Today is the day to begin. This new year is a blank canvas
upon which you have the delightful opportunity to paint.

As you do, be authentic. Your greatest accomplishments are
the ones that contain the greatest quantity of you.

Be innovative and creative. The challenges you face will
melt away when you apply fresh, original thinking to them.

Remember not to take yourself too seriously. You'll climb
much higher when you're thoroughly enjoying the effort.

As you move forward, do so with genuine and persistent
integrity. That way, the results you create will be results
that are actually worth attaining.

Today you stand at the beginning of a grand adventure, with
the very real and present opportunity to shape this year
into the best one ever. Begin now, take the initiative, and
never stop living life according to who you know you are.

Ralph Marston

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The best

The best
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The best athletes don't care about whether or not they're the
best. What they care about is the game.

The best actors, musicians, doctors, scientists, teachers
and businesspeople are not consumed with being the best.
They're consumed with a passion for what they're doing.

If your desire is to be the best merely for its own sake,
you will strive and struggle against a world that absolutely
does not care. If, on the other hand, your most abiding
desire is to make a positive difference, you will surely end
up being the best at some particular thing or another.

The real substance of accomplishment is never in the
trophies or the praise or the recognition it brings. The
substance of accomplishment is in the value it delivers.

The best performers in any field are not the ones who hope
to be the best or even the ones who already think they are.
The best performers are those who never have to even think
about where they stand in the rankings.

Commit yourself to delivering value, and you won't be
burdened with the need to keep score. Indeed, you will
always be on top of the game.

Ralph Marston

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