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“We love the pending future for its mystery, anticipation, and endless possibilities. But remember, how the future unravels is largely an up-to-you thing. It is your attitude, your choices, your habits, your work efforts, your companions, your values, your faith, your resolve, and your diligence that shape your future.”

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Book:Hope Evermore: Quotes, Verse, & Spiritual Inspiration for Every Day of the Year
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“Why, Reshi?"The words poured out of Bast in a sudden gush. "Why did you stay there when it was so awful?" Kvothe nodded to himself, as if he had been expecting the question. "Where else was there for me to go, Bast? Everyone I knew was dead." "Not everyone," Bast insisted. "There was Abenthy. You could have gone to him." "Hallowfell was hundreds of miles away, Bast," Kvothe said wearily as he wandered to the other side of the room and moved behind the bar. Hundreds of miles without my father's maps to guide me. Hundreds of miles without wagons to ride or sleep in. Without help of any sort, or money, or shoes. Not an impossible journey, I suppose. But for a young child, still numb with the shock of losing his parents. . . ." Kvothe shook his head. "No. In Tarbean at least I could beg or steal. I'd managed to survive in the forest for a summer, barely. But over the winter?" He shook his head. "I would have starved or frozen todeath." Standing at the bar, Kvothe filled his mug and began to add pinches of spice from several small containers, then walked toward the great stone fireplace, a thoughtful expression on his face. "You're right, of course. Anywhere would have been better than Tarbean." He shrugged, facing the fire. "But we are all creatures of habit. It is far too easy to stay in the familiar ruts we dig for ourselves. Perhaps I even viewed it as fair. My punishment for not being there to help when the Chandrian came. My punishment for not dying when I should have, with the rest of my family." Bast opened his mouth, then closed it and looked down at the tabletop, frowning. Kvothe looked over his shoulder and gave a gentle smile. "I'm not saying it's rational, Bast. Emotions by their very nature are not reasonable things. I don't feel that way now, but back then I did. I remember." He turned back to the fire. "Ben's training has given me a memory so clean and sharp I have to be careful not to cut myself sometimes." Kvothe took a mulling stone from the fire and dropped it into his wooden mug. It sank with a sharp hiss. The smell of searing clove and nutmeg filled the room. Kvothe stirred his cider with a long-handled spoon as he made his way back to the table. "You must also remember that I was not in my right mind. Much of me was still in shock, sleeping if you will. I needed something, or someone, to wake me up." He nodded to Chronicler, who casually shook his writing hand to loosen it, then unstoppered his inkwell. Kvothe leaned back in his seat. "I needed to be reminded of things I had forgotten. I needed a reason to leave. It was years before I met someone who could do those things." He smiled at Chronicler. "Before I met Skarpi.”

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Book:The Name of the Wind
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“It is easy to break a resolution. All you need do is do nothing about it. Words alone don't make a winner. The same way barking alone does not make a winner guard dog. Promises only last but a few days, unless they are backed up by concerted action steps. Empty promises are to a winner what a designer label is to a bad dress. Words and promises can take us far but not far enough. We have got to sit down and proactively plan for what we want out of life. While it may be right sometimes to wait on God to take us to the next level, it might as well be that God is waiting on us to make the necessary changes in our habits for Him to change our situation. Think about it; isn't success about developing and repeating progressive habits or practices over and over again?”

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Author:Abiodun Fijabii
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“You don’t prosper by maintaining standards; you prosper by maintaining habits. You are what you are not because of what you did; but because of what you keep doing.”

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Book:Life Capsules for Success: 50 Energy Capsules to Speed Boost You Towards Your Success, Now!
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“The idea that you are not good enough and that people will not like you is something that has been ingrained into your mind over many years. You have hundreds of experiences that you can call up as evidence of the fact that people will not like you -- and that things will not turn out well. These ideas are incredibly convincing. They compel us to hesitate, to shy away, and to avoid the situations -- and people -- that we find frightening. This sets up a reinforcing cycle, where we avoid reaching out, don't get good responses from others as a result, and then gain further evidence that we are not worthy. In order to truly overcome your social anxiety at a deep, gut level, you must repeatedly take bold action. It is only through trying something new, and with a different perspective, that you learn to see the world and the people around you in a different light.”

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Book:The Solution To Social Anxiety: Break Free From The Shyness That Holds You Back
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“We are all a little schizophrenic. Each of us has three different people living inside us every day—who you were, who you are and who you will become. The road to sanity is to recognize those identities, in order to know who you are today.”

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Author:Shannon L. Alder
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“Когда ребёнок сводит вас с ума" Часто успокаиваешься, если знаешь, что, как бы трудно ни приходилось с ребенком на одной из стадий его развития, на другой всё обернётся своей противоположностью и вы станете прекрасным родителем. Чувство перспективы может помочь избежать тревог и волнений, связанных с каким-либо особенно трудным периодом в вашей жизни и жизни вашего ребёнка. Можно со всей определённостью сказать, что ни один ребёнок не видит перспективу собственного развития. Его прошлое слишком коротко, его будущее слишком туманно, всё, с чем он может ещё справиться – это настоящее. Для ребёнка естественно, что собственное поведение может его панически напугать. Он не может понять его в общем контексте развития, и нам следует помочь ему увидеть свои перспективы, а не утверждать, что всё потеряно, ничего не изменится. Доказано, что привычки невечны и многие из них исчезают с годами. Когда потребность, лежащая в основе привычки, удовлетворяется, она бесследно исчезает. ...неудовлетворённые потребности не исчезают, пока они не удовлетворены, они закрепляются очень прочно. Если у ребёнка на любой стадии развития не удовлетворяется одна из его потребностей, ему становится трудно, порой невозможно, продолжать расти и развиваться. Наказание редко приводит к исчезновению привычки, потому что оно обращено к стоящей за ней потребности.”

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Author:Eda LeShan
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“Creating new habits will take time. Be patient with yourself. If you fall off the wagon, brush yourself off (not beat yourself up!), and get back on. No problem. We all stumble. Just go again and try another strategy; reinforce your commitment and consistency. When you press on, you will receive huge payoffs.”

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Book:The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success
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“Every time you choose to perform a bad habit, it's a vote for that identity. The good news is that you don't need to be perfect. In any election, there are going to be votes for both sides. You don't need a unanimous vote to win an election; you just need a majority. It doesn't matter if you cast a few votes for a bad behavior or an unproductive habit. Your goal is simply to win the majority of the time.”

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Book:Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones
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“Good habits are hard to form and easy to live with. Bad habits are easy to form and hard to live with. Pay attention. Be aware . If we don't consciously form good ones, we will unconsciously form bad ones.”

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Book:Freedom from Fear: The Story of One Man's Discovery of Simple Truths That Lead to Wealth, Joy and Peace of Mind
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“The thought process that went into building these applications, Facebook being the first of them, . . . was all about: “How do we consume as much of your time and conscious attention as possible?” And that means that we need to sort of give you a little dopamine hit every once in a while, because someone liked or commented on a photo or a post or whatever.”

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Book:Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World
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