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“Don't wait for motivation; take action and motivation will follow.”
Rachel Hollis
Initiative
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Action
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Motivation
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Self-discipline
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Personal Development
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“If you constantly make and break promises to yourself, you're not making promises at all. You're talking.”
Rachel Hollis
Integrity
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Self-discipline
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Personal Responsibility
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Goal Setting
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Self-improvement
3.
“I cannot emphasize this enough: you must have a morning routine! The way you begin your day is crucial to the rest of your day. So if you begin it by pressing snooze 15 times, chances are you're going to be running behind all day long.”
Rachel Hollis
Morning Routine
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Self-discipline
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Productivity
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Personal Growth
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Time Management
4.
“You aren't going to find the time to pursue your goals; you're going to make the time to pursue your goals. And the first thing you're going to need to accept is that you are in control of your schedule.”
Rachel Hollis
Time Management
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Goal Setting
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Personal Responsibility
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Priorities
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Self-discipline
5.
“Our words have power, but our actions shape our lives. If you choose today not to break another promise to yourself, you will force yourself to slow down. You cannot keep every commitment, promise, goal, and idea without intentionality.”
Rachel Hollis
Integrity
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Action
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Self-discipline
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Intentionality
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Personal Growth
6.
“The will is another intellectual faculty.”
Bob Proctor
Willpower
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Mental Faculties
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Personal Strength
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Self-discipline
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Achievement
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“The ability to self-motivate is a cornerstone of true wealth.”
Bob Proctor
Motivation
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Wealth
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Self-discipline
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Success
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Personal Growth
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“If I have a choice between doing something for myself, like going out with my friends, or staying home and studying, I think of my parents. That gives me the strength to keep studying. My father tells me that his job is computer programming, and my job is to study.”
Susan Cain
Personal Priorities
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Family Influence
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Self-discipline
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Academic Focus
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Parental Guidance
9.
“There's no substitute for will. Sometimes you have to fake will when you don't feel it at all.”
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Willpower
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Perseverance
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Motivation
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Human Nature
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Self-discipline
10.
“I must never write when I do not want to write.”
Langston Hughes
Writing
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Creativity
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Self-discipline
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Artistic Integrity
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Personal Philosophy
11.
“I can think. I can wait. I can fast.”
Hermann Hesse
Think
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Wait
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Fast
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Personal Strength
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Self-discipline
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Life Philosophy
12.
“Everyone can perform magic, everyone can reach his goals, if he is able to think, if he is able to wait, if he is able to fast.”
Hermann Hesse
Magic
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Goals
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Think
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Personal Potential
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Self-discipline
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Life Philosophy
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“Everyone can reach his goal, if he can think, wait and fast.”
Hermann Hesse
Goal
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Think
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Fast
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Personal Achievement
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Self-discipline
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Philosophical Advice
14.
“To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself.”
Simone Weil
Heroism
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Self-discipline
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Courage
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Personal Growth
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Inner Strength
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Self-motivation
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“But it is sometimes as difficult to lose one’s temper as it is difficult at other times to keep it.”
E.M. Forster
Temper
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Difficulty
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Control
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Emotion
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Patience
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Self-Discipline
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“One should not lose one’s temper unless one is certain of getting more and more angry to the end.”
William Butler Yeats
Emotional Control
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Anger Management
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Temper Issues
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Frustration
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Self-Discipline
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Calmness
17.
“The thing about writing is not to talk, but to do it; no matter how bad or even mediocre it is, the process and production is the thing, not the sitting and theorizing about how one should write ideally, or how well one could write if one really wanted to or had the time.”
Sylvia Plath
Creative Process
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Self-discipline
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Personal Growth
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Persistence
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Exploration
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Vulnerability
18.
“Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they’re quite different from people who must write.”
Harper Lee
Writing
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Self-discipline
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Creativity
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Passion
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Expression
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Identity
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“You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ’em get your goat. Try fightin’ with your head for a change.”
Harper Lee
Dignity
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Resilience
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Thinking
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Peace
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Resolve
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Self-Discipline
20.
“Make it a point not to choose what feels amazing above what is actually good for you.”
Eric Thomas
Priorities Life
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Self-Discipline
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Growth Choices
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Inspirational Focus
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Success Journey
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Inner Balance
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“There is a tremendous problem in modern culture. We have become used to everything coming to us with tremendous speed and ease. It is a culture where discipline and patience is almost impossible to develop.”
Robert Greene
Modern Challenges
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Cultural Shift
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Patience Development
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Self-discipline
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Instant Gratification
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Reflection
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“If you work on yourself first, as Faraday did, developing a solid work ethic and organizational skills, eventually the right teacher will appear in your life.”
Robert Greene
Personal Growth
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Organizational Skills
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Self-discipline
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Learning Process
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Focus
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Development
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“I often say ‘pursue excellence, ignore success.’ Success is a by-product of excellence.”
Deepak Chopra
Excellence Journey
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Personal Success
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Mindful Focus
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Self-discipline
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Mental Growth
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Conscious Living
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“Pursue excellence and ignore success. If you are excellent you will be successful.”
Deepak Chopra
Excellence Focus
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Personal Growth
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Success Mindset
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Self-discipline
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Mindful Action
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Life Purpose
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“Manage your thoughts or they will manage you.”
Gary Keller
Mind Control
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Thought Awareness
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Mental Clarity
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Personal Growth
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Mindfulness Practice
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Self-Discipline
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“Success does not come from the freedom to do whatever you want, but the determination to do the best you can.”
Gary Keller
Determination Matters
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Purposeful Action
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Hard Work Pays
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Success Principles
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Focused Effort
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Self-Discipline
27.
“As a result, one of two things happens: Either we do nothing more than fantasize, and never start, or we do start, but we lead ourselves into burnout.”
David Kadavy
Starting Projects
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Burnout
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Procrastination
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Self-discipline
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Motivation
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Goal Setting
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“If we never get started, we never get good, and you can’t get good without first being bad.”
David Kadavy
Starting Point
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Improvement Process
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Personal Growth
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Failure
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Self-discipline
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Learning Curve
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“The term “urge surfing” was pioneered by psychologist Alan Marlatt, an expert in the field of addiction. He compared urges to waves in the sea—waves rise up and down in intensity and eventually meet the shore and crash. What he was saying is that you have the ability to surf over those urges until they crash.”
Daniel Walter
Urge Surfing
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Addiction
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Self-discipline
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Emotional Control
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Behavior
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Resilience
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“I you decide you are going to quit smoking once there is less pressure at work, you will never give up because there is always going to be some level of stress at work.”
Daniel Walter
Quit Smoking
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Stress Management
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Self-discipline
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Goals
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Motivation
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Personal Growth
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