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​​20 Short Life Lessons I Learned From Reading Over 100 Self Development Books.

1. A person’s past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior. In the words of Maya Angelou, “when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

2. Most success in your life is due to consistency, not talent. Eighty percent of life is just showing up no matter what. Repetition and discipline beat talent. Look at Tom Brady.

3. You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you expect. Your mindset becomes a self-fulling prophecy. Therefore, the attitude towards life determines the altitudes you will reach in life.

4. Your happiness is having the correct balance in your life. The unique balance of meaningful work, relationships and opportunities. None of these things will give you happiness by themselves.

5. You are defined by your actions, not your words. Stop talking about what you want to achieve and start taking action to accomplish them.

6. Most people spend their entire lives either trying to be exactly like their parents or trying their hardest to be nothing like them at all. Understanding your childhood experiences can help you break this cycle.

7. You can’t remove an idea in someone’s head with logic that was not placed there by logic in the first place. Stay out of emotional debates. Few people are genuinely committed to the truth.

8. Most people don’t want to change so stop trying to make them. You only have three options: accept them, create clear boundaries or move on.

9. You can change your life simply by telling yourself a new story. The metaphors you tell yourself are the metaphors you live by. The most secure prisons are those we construct for ourselves.

10. You can’t grow without pain or suffering. It is painful to change your relationships, environment or mindset. Painless growth is only temporary relief, not a long-term cure.

11. You are responsible for what happens to you. Don’t play the victim. No one is coming to save you. Your happiness is your responsibility.

12. “Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least. While it takes two people to create a relationship, it takes only one to end it.” — Gordon Livingston

13. Your greatest strengths are often your greatest weaknesses. What determines which is which often depends on context. What makes someone successful in their professional life can make them insufferable in their personal life.

14. If you never take risks, your life will never move forward. The greatest risk is never taking any. What is the biggest risk you’ve ever taken? The answer should give you all you need.

15. If you’re comfortable, you’ve plateaued. Comfort is fertile ground for mediocrity. Growth only happens when you’re uncomfortable.

16. Adversity only reveals what is inside of you. How did you use your time and energy during the pandemic? Did you improve your life or did it stay the same? Your answer is what is at the core of you.

17. Your mind is the greatest asset for your success in life. Before you achieve anything, you must be able to imagine first.

18. Success requires commitment. You can’t aim for a target you refuse to see. Ambiguity in your goals leads to ambiguity in your results.

19. If you have to constantly signal how virtuous you are you probably aren’t very virtuous. If someone has to say, “trust me, I am an honest person” how trustworthy are they really?

20. The only form of communication that can be trusted is someone’s behavior. There is a large gap between what people say and what people do. Judge actions, not words.

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​​20 Short Life Lessons I Learned From Reading Over 100 Self Development Books.

1. A person’s past behavior is the most reliable predictor of future behavior. In the words of Maya Angelou, “when someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time.”

2. Most success in your life is due to consistency, not talent. Eighty percent of life is just showing up no matter what. Repetition and discipline beat talent. Look at Tom Brady.

3. You don’t get what you deserve, you get what you expect. Your mindset becomes a self-fulling prophecy. Therefore, the attitude towards life determines the altitudes you will reach in life.

4. Your happiness is having the correct balance in your life. The unique balance of meaningful work, relationships and opportunities. None of these things will give you happiness by themselves.

5. You are defined by your actions, not your words. Stop talking about what you want to achieve and start taking action to accomplish them.

6. Most people spend their entire lives either trying to be exactly like their parents or trying their hardest to be nothing like them at all. Understanding your childhood experiences can help you break this cycle.

7. You can’t remove an idea in someone’s head with logic that was not placed there by logic in the first place. Stay out of emotional debates. Few people are genuinely committed to the truth.

8. Most people don’t want to change so stop trying to make them. You only have three options: accept them, create clear boundaries or move on.

9. You can change your life simply by telling yourself a new story. The metaphors you tell yourself are the metaphors you live by. The most secure prisons are those we construct for ourselves.

10. You can’t grow without pain or suffering. It is painful to change your relationships, environment or mindset. Painless growth is only temporary relief, not a long-term cure.

11. You are responsible for what happens to you. Don’t play the victim. No one is coming to save you. Your happiness is your responsibility.

12. “Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least. While it takes two people to create a relationship, it takes only one to end it.” — Gordon Livingston

13. Your greatest strengths are often your greatest weaknesses. What determines which is which often depends on context. What makes someone successful in their professional life can make them insufferable in their personal life.

14. If you never take risks, your life will never move forward. The greatest risk is never taking any. What is the biggest risk you’ve ever taken? The answer should give you all you need.

15. If you’re comfortable, you’ve plateaued. Comfort is fertile ground for mediocrity. Growth only happens when you’re uncomfortable.

16. Adversity only reveals what is inside of you. How did you use your time and energy during the pandemic? Did you improve your life or did it stay the same? Your answer is what is at the core of you.

17. Your mind is the greatest asset for your success in life. Before you achieve anything, you must be able to imagine first.

18. Success requires commitment. You can’t aim for a target you refuse to see. Ambiguity in your goals leads to ambiguity in your results.

19. If you have to constantly signal how virtuous you are you probably aren’t very virtuous. If someone has to say, “trust me, I am an honest person” how trustworthy are they really?

20. The only form of communication that can be trusted is someone’s behavior. There is a large gap between what people say and what people do. Judge actions, not words.

NeuroChef.

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