What Is Consciousness?

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Each human life is a wondrous symphony of sensation. As are all living things, plants and animals alike, we are sensitive to the vivid parade of sights, smells, and sounds that constitute our experience. Unlike plants and animals, however, we possess a uniquely broad self-awareness that sets us apart. We think in terms not only of immediate sensation and survival, but also in terms of abstract ideas and of ourselves as individuals. Our ability to think introspectively and reflectively is a mystery. Human consciousness defies attempts to assign it an origin or a reason because its purpose is unclear.

Though consciousness is a product of thoughts, emotions, sensation, and experience, we are dual-natured. We define our awareness in terms of how we interact with others, yet only on our own can we grasp our own consciousness. Because consciousness is the sum of our inner thoughts, feelings, and personalities, we have no way of judging the consciousness of others. We may ask, "Is another's experiences of sensations such as color, pain, pleasure, temperature, or taste the same as our own?" but we can never truly be sure.

Our most vivid experiences are those of the senses: the scene that unfolds before us, the temperature of the air, hunger, pain, the passage of time, and sounds. But as conscious beings, we possess a unique set of choices. Animals repeatedly make the same choices based on sensation, but as humans we are unpredictable. We can ignore hunger during ceremonial fasts or enjoy the pain of vigorous massage. We can disregard the passage of time through meditation or disregard the outside world entirely. It is consciousness that allows us to interpret the world and ourselves using criteria we develop through experience.

Norman Cousins said, "The human brain is a mirror to infinity." As conscious beings, we examine and interpret the whole of the universe through our own existences. But, limited as our experiences may be, it is our self-awareness that has allowed humanity to develop such noble concepts as empathy, beauty, charity, love, and art. We are not simply aware of the world and ourselves. It is our consciousness that has allowed us to look further, into the realm of creation, invention, and the spirit, and to give our lives purpose.

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YOU HAVE UNLIMITED CHOICES

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You don't have to buy from anyone.
You don't have to work at any particular job.
You don't have to participate in any given relationship.
You can choose.

You steer the course you choose in the direction
of where you want to be today, tomorrow,
or in a distant time to come.
You hold the tiller.

You can decide to alter the course of your life at any time.
No one can ever take that away from you.
You can decide what you want and go after it.
It's always your next move.

©2004 by Max Steingart

Friday Story: No New Year's Resolution?

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Last year I was stopped at a shopping mall on December 30, and asked by an eager young reporter what my New Year's Resolution was. Completely caught of guard, I replied that I didn't have one.

"Not a single one?" she asked, her eyes sparkling, her mouth dancing on the edge of a smile.

"No.. no, not a single one."

There was a pause, as she scanned the near empty mall, looking for another person to ask, apparently discarding my comment and me.

When no one appeared, she turned back to me,

"Are you sure?" scrunching up her nose and peering into me quizzically.

"Yes. I am certain. I am very certain. I can't even make something up." I apologized, standing in the vacant thoroughfare.

After all, I thought, what would happen to the rest of my year if I decided to have a New Year's Resolution?

What if I discovered that I needed to make amends with a family member. eat better. exercise more. tell my children I love them. travel to an exotic destination. do you think I could wait an entire year?

I could fearlessly resolve to go to the dentist, take vitamins, quit smoking, pay all of my bills on time.... lose 10 pounds. but. unfortunately . I don't know if I have a year... or a week, or even... another afternoon to spend in the mall with my husband.

"if I see something I need to change about myself . well..I just can't wait until January 1." I finished.

She wandered away, toward the next hapless person, who happened to be my husband, emerging from the coffee shop. He planned on eating better. Now that was perfect for her story, which appeared in the newspaper on New Years Day, with Bill's name in lights and no mention of the woman who didn't have a New Year's Resolution.

But this wasn't the end of it. After spending my year loving my children, visiting the dentist, taking vitamins, paying my bills on time, not smoking, and making sure my husband ate better (by letting him cook more), I have discovered a hidden resolution.

I resolved not to tell people things they want to hear, but to be honest with them. As a result, it has also been a year of shorter but more meaningful conversations, with more time to .... exercise. and write!

True Story and Original writing of Bethany Silver (bethanysilver@yahoo.com) Assistant Prof, Ed Leadership, Central Connecticut State University.


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EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO BE SUCCESSFUL

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People often handle life as they do bad weather.
They while away the time waiting for it to stop.
Yet the tide of opportunity comes to everyone.

Opportunity knocks all the time,
but you've got to be ready for it.
When your chance comes,
you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong,
for time and chance happen to everyone.
Take a second look at what appears to be someone's "good luck."
You'll find not luck but preparation,
planning and success-producing thinking.

When you're prepared for opportunity
your chance for success is sure to come.
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

Decide that 2005 will be your year for success and prepare for it to happen.

HAPPY NEW YEAR

©2004 by Max Steingart

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS

It's your life. You decide what you're going to do with it.
If you don't run your own life, someone else will.
You're in control of your life to the degree that you make decisions.

To control the outcome of anything,
you control the action at the point of decision making.
If you let others make decisions for you, you give up control.
When you control the decisions, you control the actions.

Take charge of your life,
so there is no longer a need to ask permission of others.
When you ask permission,
you're giving someone "veto" power over your life.

Only you are responsible for your life.
Take control and start making those decisions.

©2004 by Max Steingart

Breakfast at McDonald's

This is a good story and is true, please read it all the way through until the end! (After the story, there are some very interesting facts!):

I am a mother of three (ages 14, 12, 3) and have recently completed my college degree.

The last class I had to take was! Sociology.

The teacher was absolutely inspiring with the qualities that I wish every human being had been graced with.

Her last project of the term was called "Smile."

The class was asked to go out and smile at three people and document their reactions.

I am a very friendly person and always smile at everyone and say hello anyway, so, I thought this would be a piece of cake, literally.

Soon after we were assigned the project, my husband, youngest son, and I went out to McDonald's one crisp March morning.

It was just our way of sharing special playtime with our son.

We were standing in line, waiting to be served, when all of a sudden everyone around us began to back away, and then even my husband did.

I did not move an inch... an overwhelming feeling of panic welled up inside of me as I turned to see why they had moved.

As I turned around I smelled a horrible "dirty body" smell, and there standing behind me were two poor homeless men.

As I looked down at the short gentleman, close to me, he was "smiling".

His beautiful sky blue eyes were full of God's Light as he searched for acceptance.

He said, "Good day" as he counted the few coins he had been clutching.

The second man fumbled with his hands as he stood behind his friend. I realized the second man was mentally challenged and the blue-eyed gentleman was his salvation.

I held my tears as I stood there with them.

The young lady at the counter asked him what they wanted.

He said, "Coffee is all Miss" because that was all they could afford. (If they wanted to sit in the restaurant and warm up, they had to buy something. He just wanted to be warm).

Then I really felt it - the compulsion was so great I almost reached out and embraced the little man with the blue eyes.

That is when I noticed all eyes in the restaurant were set on me, judging my every action.

I smiled and asked the young lady behind the counter to give me two more breakfast meals on a separate tray.

I then walked around the corner to the table that the men had chosen as a resting spot. I put the tray on the table and laid my hand on the blue-eyed gentleman's cold hand.

He looked up at me, with tears in his eyes, and said, "Thank you."

I leaned over, began to pat his hand and said, "I did not do this for you. God is here working through me to give you hope."

I started to cry as I walked away to join my husband and son When I sat down my husband smiled at me and said, "That is why God gave you to me, Honey, to give me hope."

We held hands for a moment and at that time, we knew that only because of the Grace that we had been given were we able to give.

We are not church goers, but we are believers.

That day showed me the pure Light of God's sweet love. I returned to college, on the last evening of class, with this story in hand

I turned in "my project" and the instructor read it.

Then she looked up at me and said, "Can I share this?"

I slowly nodded as she got the attention of the class.

She began to read and that is when I knew that we as human beings and being part of God share this need to heal people and to be healed.

In my own way I had touched the people at McDonald's, my husband, son, instructor, and every soul that shared the classroom on the last night I spent as a college student.

I graduated with one of the biggest lessons I would ever learn: UNCONDITIONAL ACCEPTANCE !.

Much love and compassion is sent to each and every person who may read this and learn how to LOVE PEOPLE AND USE THINGS - NOT LOVE THINGS AND USE PEOPLE.

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MAKING CHOICES IS YOUR GREATEST POWER

While your character is formed by your circumstances,
your desires can shape those circumstances.
The one thing over which you have absolute control is your own thoughts.
It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny.

Nature is constantly at work around you.
Character and destiny are her handiwork.
She gives you love and hate, jealousy and reverence.
You have the power to choose which impulse you follow.

At any time you can decide to alter the course of your life.
No one can ever take that away from you.
You can do what you want to do and be who you want to be.

Your greatest power is the power to choose.

©2004 by Max Steingart

THE HIGHWAY TO SUCCESS IS A TOLL ROAD

You must give up something to get whatever you want in life.
The greater the value, the greater the sacrifice that will be required.

Everything has a price.

Nothing worthwhile will come easily to you.
Work, continuous work and hard work,
is the only way to accomplish the results that last.

You pay a price if you want to make things better,
and you pay a price for just leaving things as they are.

You'll find no success at bargain basement prices.

©2004 by Max Steingart

YOUR ASPIRATIONS ARE YOUR POSSIBILITIES

You have to think big if you want to be big.
Your only limits are those of vision.
The more you can dream, the more you can do.

Big thinking will always come before big
achievement.

The greatest achievements always take place
in the framework of great expectations.

If you don't have a dream,
how are you going to make it come true?
Cherish your dreams for they are the blueprints
to your ultimate success.

The empire of your future resides inside you.
When you cease to dream, you cease to live.

©2004 by Max Steingart

DO ALL THINGS WITH LOVE

Love is the most important ingredient of life.
Your life echoes emptiness without it.
With it, your life vibrates meaning and warmth.
Love will shine through even in hardship.

You will find as you look back upon your life
that the moments that stand out,
the moments when you have really lived,
are the moments when you have done things in a spirit of love.

If you have it, you don't need to have anything else.
And if you don't have it, it doesn't much matter what else you have.

Treasure the love you receive above everything else.
It will survive long after your wealth and good health have vanished.

The way is not in the sky.
The way is in the heart.

Life in abundance comes only through great love.

©2004 by Max Steingart

LIVE AND ACT IN A SPIRIT OF LOVE

The place to begin to improve the world
is in your own heart, head and hands.

To get along with others,
love them without forcing your love upon them.

Imposing your beliefs on people will not bring you peace.

Have concern for others, respect their rights and freedoms,
and let them be themselves.

Do this and you will enjoy peace.

Having consideration for others is the basis of a good life.

Most people are not against you,
they are merely for themselves.

Let differing ideas clash, but not those of the heart.

Peace comes to you when you live and act in a spirit of love.

Happy Holidays

©2004 by Max Steingart

The Presence of Christmas

"May I take your wrap?" he said
As I stepped just past the door.
His words were clear and welcoming,
But his eyes said so much more.

With arms outstretched he beckoned me;
I stepped quickly to his side.
With clasp released and belt unfurled,
My coat began to slide.

Off my shoulders strained from the day,
Away from my hungry heart.
Down my back of history,
Exposing each tender part.

"I'll set it here," he said protectively,
"In case you feel a chill."
Then he led me by the hand
And whispered, "I truly doubt you will."

Mixing with others, I soon lost sight of him,
And yet I felt his warmth all night.
I wore a cloak of threads unseen,
Woven from love and light.

"Who was that man who took my coat?" I asked,
But no one seemed to care.
"Perhaps it was my Uncle Bill," Jane said.
"Or maybe our neighbor upstairs."

He was kind and calm and so accepting.
Such non-judgment is truly rare.
I felt so loved and safe with him,
That I freely shed my cloak of fear.

"I wish that others could feel his presence,"

I thought. "I wish that I could see him again."
Suddenly I was drawn to a flickering candle
And there at its base, a small card read:

"May you find grace in the face of adversity;
And see the fear behind a critic's eye.
May you embrace love and joy as they're offered;
And give generously of your heart and time.
It is then.you'll feel the presence of Christmas."

Happy Holidays to you and yours.

Dr. Suzanne Zoglio is a Psychologist, Author, & National Speaker. For over 20 years she has coached executives, facilitated meetings, and presented motivational speeches and self-development seminars. She is the author of Create a Life That Tickles Your Soul. Her website is www.zoglio.com .


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YOU ONLY GET TO KEEP WHAT YOU GIVE AWAY

It's a universal law: You have to give before you get.
You must plant your seeds before you reap the harvest.
The more you sow, the more you will reap.
In giving to others, you will find yourself blessed.

The law works to give you back more then you have sown.
Those that obtain have little.
Those who scatter have much.
The giver's harvest is always full.

Nature does not give to those who will not spend.
This is the time of year to show appreciation to those you love.

Happy Holidays

©2004 by Max Steingart

ALL KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

You build the power to accomplish your goals when you educate yourself.

This power comes from knowing how to do something.
Power is the product of understanding.

The most successful people in life are the ones with the best information.

People with power are people who know how to get things done.

Knowing how to do something is sometimes
virtually the same as having done it.

Knowledge will come to you
by having your eyes and mind always open.

There is no knowledge that is not power.

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

©2004 by Max Steingart

The Young Do Not Know...

The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible -- and achieve it, generation after generation.

Pearl S. Buck
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A Life Without Love...

A life without love, no matter how many other things we have, is an empty, meaningless one.

Leo Buscaglia
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DESIRE IS THE STARTING POINT FOR SUCCESS

The first thing that will contribute to reaching your goal
is that you simply want to reach it badly enough.
You must learn how to desire with sufficient intensity to be successful.

If you have the desire you have the power to attain success.
You can really have anything you want in life if you go after it.

But you have to want it.

As a drowning soul desires air,
as a shipwrecked person craves fresh water,
so must you feel that intense, eager, insistent, demanding,
ravenous desire for your success.

Your desire for success must be so strong within you
that it becomes the very breath of your life.
It must be your first thought when you wake up,
and your last thought when you go to bed at night.

You can have anything you want if you go after it with intensity.

©2004 by Max Steingart

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE ARE DREAMERS

Your dreams are your vision of where you'll be after the battle, your prize at the end of your journey to success. Your goals are the steps you take to finally attain your prize. Unless you're willing to work hard and establish some discipline in your life, all of your dreams will be pipe dreams, little mental fantasy trips that will never materialize. Make concrete steps toward fulfilling your ultimate dream, and start with solid objectives and goals. Your dreams are where you want to go, your goals are how you get there. The indispensable first stepto getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. Don't be afraid to think big and dare to be great. Dreamers are not content with mediocrity. They never dream of going halfway. People with goals succeed because they know where they're going.

- ©2004 by Max Steingart

Break Your Own Records

Our business in life is not to get ahead of others, but to get ahead of ourselves -- to break our own records, to outstrip our yesterday by our today.

Stewart B. Johnson
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LOVE WHAT YOU DO, OR DO SOMETHING ELSE

You'll never achieve real success unless you like what you're doing. No one has ever succeeded in a line of endeavor which they did not like. Your chances of success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you derive from what you do. If you're in a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. It's better to be a failure in something you love, than attempting to be a success in something you don't. Don't set compensation as a goal. Find the work you love, and the compensation will follow. The more you love what you are doing, the more successful it will be for you.

©2004 by Max Steingart www.maxsteingart

Positive Thinkers Outlive Pessimists

Source: Los Angeles Times
Published: 1/9/2000 Author: Terence Monmaney

Now that the future is here, how fitting that researchers are finally getting a grip on optimism, the curious human habit of expecting good things to happen, often in defiance of reality. Dozens of recent studies show that optimists do better than pessimists in work, school and sports, suffer less depression, achieve more goals, respond better to stress, wage more effective battles against disease and, yes, live longer.

The popularity of optimism research has convinced some scholars that psychology should focus less on misery and more on why things go right.

"Social science now finds itself in almost total darkness about the qualities that make life most worth living," said Dr. Martin Seligman, a University of Pennsylvania psychologist and past president of the American Psychological Association, in a 1998 speech.

Over the last three decades, he said, citing another scholar's spadework, there were 46,000 papers in the psychology literature on depression - and just 400 on joy. But 21st-century psychology, he predicted, "will become a science of human strength and of personal fulfillment."

Indeed, the psychological association's flagship journal starts the year with a special issue co-edited by Dr. Seligman and devoted to optimism and "positive psychology" - an idea, perhaps surprisingly, that has generated controversy.
Perhaps no research finding quite lifts the spirits like the observation that optimists live longer than pessimists. One reason may be that optimists do a better job of staying out of harm's way. So concluded a recent study drawing on records from a project begun eight decades ago involving 1,800 boys and girls in California.

By the 1990s, about half of the men and a third of the women in the study had died. Those who gave optimistic answers to essay questions when they were young lived an average of two years longer than did their pessimistic counterparts.

Pessimistic people appeared more prone to accidents and violence, including car wrecks, household mishaps, even homicide.

"From what I'm able to figure out, pessimistic people are in bad moods," said the lead author of the 1998 study, psychologist Dr. Christopher Peterson of the University of Michigan.

"And when you're in a bad mood, you're more likely to do risky things," because you're distracted or downright reckless.

Other evidence that optimists live longer has been gathered by UCLA psychologist Dr. Shelley Taylor and co-workers, who studied 78 men with AIDS beginning in the late 1980s.

Those who indicated that they had a realistic view of their disease's course died an average of nine months sooner than those who were more optimistic about postponing the end. And the researchers say they ruled out other reasons for the optimists' longer lives, such as less severe illness to begin with.

Dr. Taylor argues that an optimistic frame of mind actually modulates the nervous system in a way that bolsters immune-system defenses.
It might seem contrary to good sense that people benefit from unfounded optimism. After all, distinguishing between reality and illusion is a touchstone of sanity.

But some social scientists have generated controversy by reporting evidence for what is probably the central paradox of positive thinking: Clinging to the belief in a positive future against reasonable odds sometimes makes it happen.

Naturally, that may often occur just because over-optimists keep trying - a variation on the old saw that quitters never win. But there appears to be more to it.

For instance, in a report published last year about men infected with the AIDS virus, Dr. Taylor and co-workers found that the optimists had remained symptom-free longer than had the pessimists, whose assessment of their medical condition was actually more in line with clinical data.

Dr. Taylor, author of the 1989 book Positive Illusions, said researchers know little about how such an "optimistic bias" might help the body's defenses. The key, she said, is that such unrealism "isn't necessarily bad. It can be wonderful."
This view has its critics. A false sense of security can be dangerous when it comes to taking physical risks, says Dr. Neil Weinstein, a psychologist at Rutgers University.

Epidemics of sexually transmitted diseases, for example, are fueled in part by people who make overly optimistic assumptions about their sexual partners.
"You can think of many instances in which people's underestimation of risk can get them into serious trouble," Dr. Weinstein said.

But numerous studies show that optimists, far from protecting their fragile vision of the world, confront trouble head-on.

In a 1993 study of women who had recently been given the diagnosis of breast cancer, the women with an optimistic disposition were more likely to acknowledge the seriousness of the disease. They experienced less distress and took more active steps to cope with it.

"Pessimism was associated with denial and a giving-up response," said Dr. Charles Carver of the University of Miami, who conducted the study with Michael Scheier of Carnegie Mellon University and others.

"Optimism was associated with positively reframing the situation, with women believing, 'This is not going to go away, so let me make the best of it I can,' " Dr. Carver said.

Because experts believe that no less than half of one's optimistic tendency is nurtured, research probes its roots in childhood experience.
A soon-to-be-published study co-written by Vanderbilt University psychologist Dr. Judy Garber found that young adolescents often share their mothers' outlook, evidently because they learn her style of interpreting events, especially negative ones.

Children with what is known as a pessimistic explanatory style - they blame errors on deep personal flaws and dismiss triumphs as lucky breaks - were more likely to have been told their mistakes were caused by overarching deficiencies in their makeup.

"If parents are negative, critical, blaming, then the child is going to learn that's how to explain things in the world," Dr. Garber said.

At the same time, she and other researchers have clearly shown that reality also matters. Children who endure hardship and tragedy, from sickness to divorcing parents to a death in the family, are also prone to pessimistic thinking.
If Dr. Seligman and others are correct, the consequences of pessimistic thinking in childhood may be broader than is usually acknowledged. They are studying the origins of optimism and pessimism with an eye toward reducing what some have called the "epidemic of depression" among the young.

It remains to be seen, however, whether behavior experts will heed Dr. Seligman's call for a "positive" psychology dedicated to better understanding and even encouragement of virtues like altruism, wisdom, integrity and leadership.

LOVE IS ETERNAL

Once you have learned to love; who you are, what you do, and those around you, you will have truly learned to live. Search for love, for it is the most important ingredient of life. Without it, your life will echo emptiness. With it, your life will vibrate with warmth and meaning. Even during any hardship, love will shine through. To love abundantly is to live abundantly. To love forever is to live forever.

©2004 by Max Steingart

EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE IF YOU BELIEVE

There are no real barriers to your success. You must simply overcome any doubts you have about your ability.Your self image prescribes the limits for your accomplishments. It prescribes the area of what is possible for you. Don't be afraid of living. Believe that life is worth living and you will create that fact around you. If you see yourself as prosperous, you will be. If you see yourself as broke, that is exactly what you will be. You will never succeed until you believe you can succeed. You can be who you want to be.

©2004 by Max Steingart

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LIFE RESPONDS TO YOUR OUTLOOK

Life is largely a matter of expectation. You must expect to succeed, if you want to succeed. When you expect things to happen, strangely enough, they do happen. Expectation energizes your goals and give them momentum. When you believe something good can happen, it will happen. The dreams you believe in, come to be. Set your goals high. If you begin with some wild expectations, you'll succeed beyond your wildest expectations.

©2004 by Max Steingart

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IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO CHANGE

The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you're not going to stay where you are. You're a product of your environment. So choose an environment that will best develop you toward your goals. Analyze your life in terms of your environment. Are the things around you helping you toward your successor or are they holding you back? Your world today is a living expression of how you are using and have used your mind. It's something that you can change at any time. You don't have to remain a captive of your environment. Don't say "If I could change, I would change," say "I can change, and I will change."

©2004 by Max Steingart

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NEVER SAY NEVER

There is no such thing as no chance. Don't think about the things you can't do. Think about the things you can do. No matter what the level of your ability is, you have more potential than you can ever develop in a lifetime. You have powers you never dreamed of. You can do things you never thought you could do. There are no limitations to what you can doexcept the limitations of your own mind. Your range of available choices right now is limitless. Look at things as they can be.

©2004 by Max Steingart

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RICHES LIE WITHIN YOU

Wealth without enjoyment is little consolation. Your real riches in life are riches of the head and heart. Satisfaction comes when you appreciate what you have. While success is getting what you want, true happiness is wanting what you get. It's not how much you have, but how much you enjoy that truly matters. Riches lie within you, not in your material possessions.

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YOU MUST MAKE YOUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES

Your destiny isn't a matter of chance, it's a matter of the choices you make. Success isn't something you wait for, it's something you must pursue. Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities to be successful. Seize common occasions and turn them into great ones. Opportunities sometimes come disguised in the form of misfortune, or temporary defeat. Start where you are. You're at this moment, standing right in the middle of opportunity. If you act on your dreams you can live them.

©2004 by Max Steingart

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YOU CAN'T SUCCEED WITHOUT A GOAL

The indispensable first stepto getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. You must first establish your objectives if you're to accomplish anything in a big way. Goals give you a starting place and a destination. People with goals succeed because they know where they're going. Determine what you want. Decide on your major objectives, targets, aims, and destination. If you don't know where you're going, how can you expect to get there? Plant your dreams, nourish and begin to live them. The most important thing about a goal is having one.-

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YOU MUST ACT ON YOUR DREAMS TO BE SUCCESSFUL

If you want to be successful, you can start at any time. But you must start. Don't make the mistake of not doing anything because you can only do a little. Do what you can do. It will always be your attitude at the beginning of any difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome. To be aware of what you want and not go after it, to spend years wondering if something could have materialized, and never knowing if it could have been, is a tragic waste of your life. The worst thing you can do is not to try. To reach a port, you must sail. You must sail, not lie at anchor. You must sail off in the direction of your dreams, not drift. A journey of a thousand miles, begins with one step.

©2004 by Max Steingart

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YOU CAN, IF YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN

Don't be afraid of what life has to offer you. When you believe that life is worth living, your belief will help create the fact. The barrier between you and success is not something that exists in the real world. It's simply composed of doubts about your ability. Your only limits to your realization of tomorrow will be your doubts of today. Success is a state of mind. If you want to be successful, start thinking of yourself as being successful. What you believe yourself to be, you are.

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YOU CAN MAKE IT IF YOU TRY

You can't be beaten at anything, until you quit in your own mind. There is no failure except in your not trying. There is no defeat except from within. You have no really insurmountable barrier except your own inherent weakness of purpose. The odds are with you if you keep on trying. Consider yourself on a very long journey. Sustain your personal vision of success until you achieve it. In the end, you can only fail if you don't try. Winning isn't everything, but wanting to is. Success is a road that's paved with perseverance.

©2004 by Max Steingart

FIND THE GOOD SIDE TO EVERY SITUATION

You cannot have the success you seek without some failures too.
Any experience can be transformed into something of value.
Everything depends on the way you look at things.
What appear to be stumbling blocks and defeat before you
can be stepping stones to victory if you remain determined.
In all of your adversities lies the seeds of equivalent advantages.
In every defeat there is a lesson showing you how to win the next time.
View your problems as opportunities.
When it's dark enough you can see the stars.

©2004 by Max Steingart

My Life's Purpose is Others' Success
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SERVICE IS THE ESSENCE OF SUCCESS

All successful people became successful because they gave some talent or ability in the service of others. You can contribute in some way to others no matter how small your talent. You too, can become successful. No one achieves success without being of service. Leadership is action, not position. The successful don't use others, other people use the successful, for above all success is of service. Everyone has to be someone to someone to be anyone.

©2004 by Max Steingart