Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.

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Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.

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I am not a product of my circumstances. I am a product of my decisions.

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Where you are headed is more important than how fast you are going. Rather than always focusing on what's urgent, learn to focus on what is really important.

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There are three constants in life... change, choice and principles.

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We immediately become more effective when we decide to change ourselves rather than asking things to change for us.

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Little kindness and courtesies are so important. In relationships, the little things are the big things.

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Look at the word responsibility-"response-ability"-the ability to choose your response. Highly proactive people recognize that responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.

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You don't see the world as it is, you see it according to who you are.

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You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.

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