Set a goal to achieve something that is so big, so exhilarating that it excites you and scares you at the same time.
Interpretation
Pursuing significant goals can bring both excitement and fear, and that combination drives personal growth.
This quote encourages individuals to set ambitious and challenging goals that ignite a sense of excitement and fear, as it suggests that reaching for such goals can lead to profound personal development. The interplay between exhilaration and anxiety can push one beyond their comfort zone, leading to richer experiences and achievements.
In practice
In a motivational speech to inspire students about their future aspirations.
Do you think of yourself as a creative personality? If you do, you are both fortunate and correct, in fact the beautiful truth is that everyone is creative and we all have the ability to develop our creative potential. It is wise to remember that the person who follows the crowd will get no further than the crowd. The person who walks the creative path is likely to find they are in places no one has ever been before.
No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought which counts.
You will be amazed at how much free time you have when you never have to think about money.
I believe people should study a little bit every day. It should become habitual, like brushing your teeth, combing your hair, having a shower or getting dressed. Study the mind, the laws of the universe and paradigms. There's enough information on those subjects to keep a person studying forever.
People with the best intentions will often give you advice on why you shouldnβt take a risk because of what could happen. While some of what they say may be true, you should never allow them to get their negative anchors into your mind because, like them, you too will begin to sink. Next time this happens, throw them a life-line, and ask them what is good about their situation.
Happiness and peace of mind are a matter of consciousness. We must create the harmony we desire. As we raise our level of consciousness we become more in tune with the true nature of our being. This type of awareness is not an accident; it comes from study and an understanding that we are truly creative.
I don't believe in pessimism. If something doesn't come up the way you want, forge ahead. If you think it's going to rain, it will.
It's better to throw a theoretically poorer pitch whole-heartedly, than to throw the so-called right pitch with feeling of doubt-doubt that's it's right, or doubt that you can make it behave well at that moment. You've got to feel sure you're doing the right thing-sure that you want to throw the pitch you're going to throw.
Intense concentration for hour after hour can bring out resources in people that they didn't know they had.
Wait a minute, maybe I can do anything.
Enthusiasm is contagious, and the person who has it, under control, is generally welcome in any group of people.
There lies within each person a huge reservoir of untapped potential for achievement, success, happiness, _x000D_ health and greater prosperity. It's like an ocean unsailed, a new continent unexplored, a world of possibilities _x000D_ waiting to be released and channelled toward some great good.
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