Maximum Achievement: Strategies and Skills That Will Unlock Your Hidden Powers to Succeed

People generally have one of two ways of looking at the world. T he first is what is called a benevolent world view. If you have a benevolent world view, you generally believe that the world is a pretty good place in which to live. You have a tendency to see the good in people and situations and to believe that there is plenty of opportunity around you and that you can take advantage of it. You believe that although you may not be perfect, you are a pretty good person overall. You believe in the future, for yourself and others. You are primarily optimistic.

. I used to think that people were an important part of any business. Then I learned a great truth; people are the business.

. Peace of mind is your internal gyroscope. When you are living in harmony with your highest values and your innermost convictions — when you are perfectly balanced in life — then you enjoy peace of mind. If, for any reason, you compromise your values, or go against your inner guidance, your peace of mind is the first thing to suffer.

. T he way for you to be happy and successful, to get more of the things you really want in life, is to get the combinations to the locks. Instead of spinning the dials of life hoping for a lucky break, as if you were playing a slot machine, you must instead study and emulate those who have already done what you want to do and achieved the results you want to achieve.

Nature understands no jesting; she is always true, always serious, always severe; she is always right, and the errors and faults are always those of man. The man incapable of appreciating her, she despises and only to the apt, the pure, and the true, does she resign herself and reveal her secrets.” Unsuccessful people have a hard time with this idea because they are so accustomed to looking for the reasons for their lives outside themselves. But the proof is all around us. Everywhere you look, you see men and women from every background — young and old, black and white, educated and uneducated — accomplishing great things and making valuable contributions to the societies they live in. At the same time, you see men and women with every advantage of background and education who seem to be going nowhere with their lives. They are working at jobs they don’t like, staying in relationships they don’t enjoy and functioning far below their potential for achievement and happiness