My goal is not to be better than anyone else..but to be better that I used to be
Interpretation
Focus on personal growth rather than comparison with others.
This quote emphasizes the importance of self-improvement and personal development over competition with others. It suggests that the true measure of success lies in how far we've come in our own journey, not in how we stack up against others.
In practice
During a motivational speech to inspire self-reflection among young adults.
What is hope but a feeling of optimism, a thought that says things will improve, it won't always be bleak, there's a way to rise above the present circumstances. Hope is an internal awareness that you do not have to suffer forever, and that somehow, somewhere there is a remedy for despair that you will come upon if you can only maintain this expectancy in your heart.
Doing what you love is the cornerstone of having abundance in your life.
Live forgiveness every day rather than just talking about it on Sunday.
Say to Yourself when Someone Else is Criticizing U, 'What U Think of Me is None of My Business'
Conflict is a violation of harmony. If you participate in it, you're part of the problem, not the solution.
My own eight children all march to the beat of their inner music, and in some cases, it is definitely far away from what I hear. I've had to honor their instincts and their choices, and merely guided them out of harm's way until they could be their own guides.
If you don't make bold moves, the world doesn't move forward.
...we need to stop plotting the course and instead just land the plane on our plans to make a difference by getting to the "do" part of faith.
It's heavy duty to try to do everything and please everybody . . . My job was to go out there and play the game of basketball as best I can, ... People may not agree with that . . . I can't live with what everyone's impression of what I should or what I shouldn't do.
I'm confident to say that if you want to grow in a profession, consistency is the key... I'm strict about my work goals and training.
Others will absolutely be able to break 2:00, too, as long as they believe in themselves.
In addition to self-awareness, imagination and conscience, it is the fourth human endowment - independent will - that really makes effective self-management possible. It is the ability to make decisions and choices and to act in accordance with them. It is the ability to act rather than to be acted upon, to proactively carry out the program we have developed through the other three endowments. Empowerment comes from learning how to use this great endowment in the decisions we make every day.
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