Unless you shape your life, circumstances will shape it for you. You have to work, sacrifice, invest, and persist to get the results you want. Choose them well. You can’t start your planning until you know where you want to go.

You are the sculptor of your own image. Have others already done what you want to do? Study them and do what they did. Start anywhere, at anytime, and persist. Stop worrying what others think about what you can or can’t do. Believe in yourself and your abilities. Have the self-confidence to challenge your current situation. This is your life to live; it’s day by day and step by step.

Write down your goals. Only three percent of people have written goals and only one percent review those written goals daily. Be in that elite one percent. Visualize the attainment of your goals often. Goals are dreams with dates attached. You will only become as great and as happy as the goals you choose.

You have one life. Set a goal right now to rise above the average and live an extraordinary life. These are your goals, so don’t be shy. Dream big. What you plan, or don’t plan, is where you’ll go.

You need the time and the resources to develop your individual potential and special talent. Plan for it. Write it down. Commit your mind and actions to do what it will take to succeed.

Average people work forty hours a week. Set a goal of working 20% more, working fifty hours and using the extra income to invest.

Average people buy one house, hoping that this sin­gle investment will ensure a comfortable retirement. Plan to do what the average person has done once and do it again and again until you become a millionaire.

Average people watch twenty hours of television each week. Set a goal to watch ten hours and use the other ten hours more constructively.

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