On one of my visits to Borders, I just happened to pick up this book on a day I wasn't feeling very motivated. I love this book by Steve Chandler. It is uncomplicated, uplifting,easy to absorb and well written. I love the fact that he quotes so many of the people I admire, and makes a story out of each of the 100 points. The first point is a poignant one, Get on your Deathbed. It walks you through an exercise that has you imagining yourself on your deathbed and mentally inviting all the important people in your life to tell them what you want them to know. It really makes you think.
Here are some of the highlights by my account:
The harder you are on yourself, the easier life is on you.
We don't see things as they are, we see things as we are.
We become what we think about all day long - Emerson
There is no way to happiness, happiness is the way - Dyer
Henry Ford used to point out that there wasn't any job that couldn't be handled if you are willing to break it down into little pieces.
The people you spend your time with will change your life in one way or another.
All of man's troubles stem from his inability to sit alone, quietly, in a room for any length of time. - Pascal
There isn't any feeling that you can get on drugs, that you can't get without drugs. - Burroughs
We seem to love vulnerability in others, but don't trust it in ourselves.
By loosing face, we connect to the real excitement of life.
Use your comfort zones to rest in, not to live in.
Imagination is more important than knowledge.
The world's best-kept secret is that on the other side of your fear, there is something safe and beneficial waiting for you.
We can't relate to others, if our relationship with ourselves is poor.
Doing something is what leads to doing something.
Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers - Martin Luther King, Jr.
Happiness is a place to come from, not try to go to.
Do at least two things a day that you don't want to do.
The wonderful paradox: I have more fun and enjoy more financial success, when I stop trying to get what I want and start helping other people to get what they want. - Spencer Johnson
Optimists always plan for renewal. They know in advance that they are going to run out of energy.
To trust ones mind and to know that one is worthy of happiness is the essence of self-esteem. - Dr Branden
Find your soul purpose.
Motivation comes from thought.
Replace worry with action.
First find out what makes you happy, and then start doing it.
You can create a new self by learning the beliefs you want to live by - one thought at a time.
Optimism is by nature expansive - it opens door after door to what's possible.
I've highlighted so many things in this book and plan on going back to it again and again and again. I may even get his other book, How to Reinvent Yourself. Lord knows I could use that, also.