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“Such experiences are not necessarily pleasant at the time they occur. The swimmer’s muscles might have ached during his most memorable race, his lungs might have felt like exploding, and he might have been dizzy with fatigue—yet these could have been the best moments of his life. Getting control of life is never easy, and sometimes it can be definitely painful. But in the long run optimal experiences add up to a sense of mastery—or perhaps better, a sense of participation in determining the content of life—that comes as close to what is usually meant by happiness as anything else we can conceivably imagine.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

“According to Tom’s data, relationships are the currency of the wealthy. The rich surround themselves with other like-minded people who share their goals, dreams, thinking, morality and virtues. They devote an enormous amount of time to managing their successful relationships and they make a habit of avoiding toxic relationships.”
― Thomas C. Corley, Rich Habits Poor Habits: Discover why the rich keep getting richer and how you can join their ranks

“Our misconceptions about money create our unconscious responses, negative emotions and self-sabotaging behaviours around building wealth. If someone was walking around with the belief that “rich people are greedy” or “money is the root of all evil” how motivated would they be towards building wealth? Not very, right?”
― Thomas C. Corley, Rich Habits Poor Habits: Discover why the rich keep getting richer and how you can join their ranks

“But here’s the deeper irony. You are not the same. Life is a dynamic, ongoing process. Change is always happening, and decline can happen quickly and quietly. As someone once said, “You’re either growing or you’re dying. There’s no standing still.” Even trying to stand still is risky. Other people in your life, your work, and in your world aren’t standing still. Especially in the twenty-first century, planning to stay the same is really planning to be left behind. The world moves forward, our careers demand more of us, our relationships face more barriers to successful communication, our children are raised in a different universe than we were. We need to grow just to stay influential in their lives. We can lose connections with our own families and if we don’t continue our education throughout our lives.”
― Dan Strutzel, 30 Days to a More Powerful Vocabulary: The 500 Words You Need to Know to Transform Your Vocabulary.and Your Life