3. Do you know anyone who was hopeless at school, but went on
to become successful? It often happens and you wonder how an
underachiever did so well in life.
Take Richard Branson as an example. He left school aged 16,
having only passed one exam. I’m not sure how many he took, but
most British school kids take about eight exams at that age. Yet
even though he was dyslexic, and an academic failure, Branson
went on to set up the Virgin Group. His global string of airlines,
record companies, music shops and a mobile phone company have
netted him an estimated US$2.5 billion dollars so far.
No matter what you think of Richard Branson’s bouffant hairdo and
his publicity stunts, as a role model for success he’s hard to beat
7. Inspiration to help you further your goals
The world has so many lessons to teach you. I consider the world, our earth, to be
like a school, and our life, the classrooms. Sometimes on our planet life school, the
lessons often come dressed up as detours and road blocks and sometimes as full
blown crises. And the secret I've learned to getting ahead is being open to the
lessons.
– Oprah Winfrey
8.
9. “ Life's up and downs
provide windows of
opportunity to
determine your values
and goals. Think of
using all obstacles as
stepping stones to
build the life you
want.” - Marsha
Sinetar
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11. “Life is indeed difficult, partly because of the real difficulties we must
overcome in order to survive, and partly because of our own innate
desire to always do better, to overcome new challenges, to self-
actualize. Happiness is experienced largely in striving towards a
goal, not in having attained things, because our nature is always to
want to go on to the next endeavor.
– Albert Ellis, Michael Abrams, Lidia Dengelegi, The Art &
Science of Rational Eating, 1992
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16. If you don't design
your own life plan,
chances are you'll fall
into someone else's
plan. And guess
what they may have
planned for you? Not
much. - Jim Rohn
