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Most people surround themselves by worries – regretting the past and fearful of the future. Living each day hopeless and feeling inferior. Forgetting about the word “hope”. True hope dwells on the possible, even when life seems to be a plot written by someone who wants to see how much adversity we can overcome. True hope responds to the real world, to real life; it is an active effort. You can change – if you can imagine problems, you can imagine solutions. On your journey to success there will always be distractions. There will always be critics and detractors, but you cannot allow them to derail your plans and lose your focus because of them. You fail to consider that it’s not about how good you are, it’s how good you want to be.
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A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities. It is during this time that a person with a positive attitude will see the challenges and the problems but will focus on the solutions rather than on the possible consequences of those problems. That person will focus on the good rather than keep dwelling on what is wrong in the world. We can read and hear about changing our attitude until the cows come home but if we don’t actually do it, nothing is going to change. “It’s Not How Good You Are, It’s How Good You Want To Be” highlighted the fact that it is good to have failures in life, to commit mistake. What matters most is the learning process on how to bounce back and cash in on that failure. Paul Arden’s book should be a compulsory to anyone who wants to bring out the best in them during the most trying times.
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