"These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words "believe," "project," "expect," "anticipate," "estimate," "intend," "strategy," "plan,"...
"Possibly the trickiest part of getting what you want in life is just figuring out what you really want! And yet it is certainly the most important part of...
"When things don't go well, just drop whatever it is that's not going well. Move back to a level where you're pretty sure you can do things properly." ...
"...sometimes we have to face up to the fact that OK maybe our practice is going to be slow. But at least it's a practice. At least it is going someplace. As...
"One of the great blessings of the Buddha's teaching is the remedy it can offer for the problem of meaninglessness so widespread in human life today. The...
"One of the most therapeutic things you can do for yourself when depressed is take something small, plan it, and do it- regardless how `meaningless' it is in...
"Have a deep appreciation for where you are today. Only then can you truly begin to dream about the future." p92 "Goal-free living: How to have the life you...
"We take ourselves so seriously, 'I'm such an important person, my life is so terribly important, that I must be extremely serious about it at all moments. My...
"...an ability to give thought would seem to be essential for success. If we asked a carpenter what he was making and he said that he had no idea we might...
"Wiseman, 37, is head of a psychology research department at the University of Hertfordshire in England. For the past eight years, he and his colleagues at the...
"On the other hand, if one denies any kind of self, saying that the cosmos is totally "other," then one is assuming that there is nothing with any long-term...
"In his famous essay You and Your Research (which I recommend to anyone ambitious, no matter what they're working on), Richard Hamming suggests that you ask...
"This is how he attends inappropriately: 'Was I in the past? Was I not in the past? What was I in the past? How was I in the past? Having been what, what was I...
"Ajaan Khamdee, one of the forest ajaans, once made a comparison. He said that meditating is like being a hunter. The hunter goes out in the forest and, on the...
"A goal is a well-defined target that gives you clarity, direction, motivation, and focus. Goals are tools that help you in five main ways: * Make a positive...
"The things to do are: the things that need doing: that you see need to be done, and that no one else seems to see need to be done. Then you will conceive your...
"There are three elements within you which determine how successfully creative visualization will work for you in any given situation: 1. Desire. You must have...
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Anguttara Nikaya 11.2 Cetana Sutta An Act of Will Translated from the Pali by Thanissaro Bhikkhu "For a person endowed with virtue, consummate in virtue, there...
"When you read Ajaan Lee's autobiography, you notice the number of times he made vows: vowing to sit all night, vowing to meditate so many hours, vowing to do...
"You shouldn't chase after the past or place expectations on the future. What is past is left behind. The future is as yet unreached. Whatever quality is...
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"Research indicates that tough goals push athletes further, but we also know that athletes will not embrace goals that they view as unrealistic. As well,...
"...it is well to recognize and remember the value of each human being and of every activity of his, however humble it may be. This helps us to bring good will...
"Why you want to achieve a goal is more important than the goal itself." http://www.goalsguy.com/Knowledge/t_07_whyfail.html From: Ten Reasons Why People Fail...