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Andy Andrews, born on May 22, 1959, is an American author whose works span across novels, non-fiction, and children's literature. Known for his profound themes and engaging storytelling, his books have gained both commercial and literary success.

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“If, in fact, it is what's inside us that makes all the difference, then the difference is made when we choose what goes inside.”

Ifs Made Facts Differences

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“If you worry about what other people think of you, then you will have more confidence in their opinion than you have in your own.”

People Ifs Thinking Opinion Worry Think Of You

Book:The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success

Source: The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success

“Poor is the man whose future depends on the opinions and permission of others. Remember this, if you are afraid of criticism, you will die doing nothing!”

Ifs Men Remember Dies Poor Opinion He Man Depends Criticism Permission Doing Nothing

Book:The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success

Source: The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success

“Even in the worst time of life, if you are still breathing, that means you are still alive. If you are still here, you haven't accomplished what is still to be accomplished. The most important part of your life is still ahead of you.”

Ifs Mean Stills Important Life Is Alive Worst Havens Breathing Accomplished Worst Times

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“If I associate with chickens, I will learn to scratch at the ground and squabble over crumbs. If I associate with eagles, I will learn to soar to great heights.”

Ifs Motivational Friendship Height Chickens Associates Soar Scratches Eagles Crumbs Squabbles Great Heights

Book:The Young Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success

Source: The Young Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions That Determine Personal Success

“I think a lot of what is involved in finding a noticer is to watch people and see what fruit people have on the tree. You examine that life and see if it has the kind of fruit you want to produce in your life.”

People Ifs Thinking Want Kind Watches Tree Produce Involved Findings Fruit Noticer

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“I'm not saying find someone and ask them if you can mow their grass for ten dollars. I'm saying find weeds that need pulling and pull them.”

Ifs Needs Asks Ten Dollars Grass Weed Pulling

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“Ask yourself this question everyday: What is it about me that other people would change if they could?”

People Ifs Asks Everyday

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“Remember, whatever you focus upon, increases...When you focus on the things you need, you'll find those needs increasing. If you concentrate your thoughts on what you don't have, you will soon be concentrating on other things that you had forgotten you don't have-and feel worse! If you set your mind on loss, you are more likely to lose...But a grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.”

Ifs Life Needs Feels Mind Persons Remember Loses Loss Focus Perspective Increase Grateful Forgotten Abundance Need You Concentrating Noticer

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“Everybody wants to be on the mountaintop, but if you'll remember, mountaintops are rocky and cold. There is no growth on the top of a mountain. Sure, the view is great, but what's a view for? A view just gives us a glimpse of our next destination-our next target. But to hit that target, we must come off the mountain, go through the valley, and begin to climb the next slope. It is in the valley that we slog through the lush grass and rich soil, learning and becoming what enables us to summit life's next peak.”

Ifs Want Life Giving Remember Next Growth Views Rich Cold Becoming Mountain Grass Soil Climbs Target Destination Valleys Glimpse Summit Slopes Lush Noticer

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“Well, that's why smart people get tripped up with worry and fear. Worry...fear...is just a misuse of the creative imagination that has been placed in each of us. Because we are smart and creative, we imagine all the things that could happen, that might happen, that will happen if this or that happens. See what I mean?”

Source: The Noticer: Sometimes, All a Person Needs is a Little Perspective

“If one makes a mistake, then an apology is usually sufficient to get things back on an even keel. However-and this is a big ‘however’- most people do not ever know why their apology did not seem to have any effect. It is simply that they did not make a mistake; they made a choice…and never understood the difference between the two.”

People Ifs Knows Life Made Two Bigs Seems Choices Differences Mistake Effects Understood Sufficient Apology Keel Noticer

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“Your big picture will never be a masterpiece if you ignore the tiny brushstrokes. You're trying so hard to be successful that true success is eluding you.”

Ifs Trying Hard Bigs Successful Tiny Being Successful Masterpiece Big Picture True Success Trying So Hard

Author:Andy Andrews