11 Quotes that will Change Your Outlook on the World Forever.

Don’t worry, you won’t get any stupid motivational slogans from some random motivational guru. You will be presented with the wisdom of influential thinkers and other famous personalities. You can expect the likes of Buddha, Steve Jobs, Seneca, and Michael Jordan, just to name a few.

What really matters

Most of us are constantly trying to earn more money, become more popular, or become more attractive. These rather superficial things often make us forget what really counts at the end of the day. While it may bring you joy, your new sports car does not. It’s other things like our health and our family.

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.— Buddha

Do what makes you happy. Not what society expects.

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you’re further along in life than most people. — Leonardo DiCaprio

What’s the point of having a prestigious job if it doesn’t fulfill you? Maybe you even have it and had to give up your real dreams for it. Pursuing it only because your family and society expect it of you is a recipe for an unhappy life. Unfortunately, this is the reality for many people. An unbelievable 85% of people are unhappy with their job according to a worldwide survey. You can read my thoughts on this in this article.

No risk, no reward

You miss one hundred percent of the shots you don’t take. ― Wayne Gretzky

In everything we do, we could fail. That’s what it’s all about, isn’t it? That’s what makes success so sweet, isn’t it? That success is not guaranteed and has to be earned. To fail can suck, no question. But in most situations, we can just try again. That’s exactly why we must not be afraid to fail and take our shot.

It is all up to you

I believe you make your day. You make your life. So much of it is all perception, and this is the form that I built for myself. I have to accept it and work within those compounds, and it’s up to me. — Brad Pitt

Everything in your life is your responsibility. If you are in good shape, if you eat healthily or harm your health, which career you choose, how much money you earn. Your choices, your results. No one is going to save you and it’s no one’s job to make you successful. It is up to you.

About the power of believing

Believe you can and you’re halfway there. Theodore Roosevelt

If you don’t believe you can do something, you probably won’t. A strong believe can move mountains and give you an incredible amount of strength.

Life is unpredictable

Life is like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re going to get. Forrest Gump

There are so many things that we cannot predict. How long we live, for example. Or how long our loved ones live. Who we meet and fall in love with and so much more. That makes our lives a huge adventure. But we should also try to enjoy every moment because we never know what will happen next.

Focus on the right things. Stop worrying about the other ones.

We can’t take care of everything. We can’t do everything right and we can’t be good at everything. Accepting this and acting accordingly can save us an incredible amount of stress. Let’s try to pay more attention to the most important things and give fewer f*cks about the unimportant ones.

The key to a good life is not giving a fuck about more; it’s giving a fuck about less, giving a fuck about only what is true and immediate and important. Mark Manson

Mark Manson is a fantastic author whose best-known book I am reading for the second time. You’ll find my favorite lessons from it in this article:

You have a limited number of heartbeats left. Use them wisely.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your inner voice. And most important, dare to follow your heart and intuition. — Steve Jobs

Time is the most valuable resource we have. You can always earn more money but never get more time. Even the super-rich like Steve Jobs have to play by the same rules of time. Therefore, we should use our time well, pursue our dreams and be ourselves. We will never be as young as we are at this moment. O

Listen to the G.O.A.T. of basketball and find a way.

“Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.” — Michael Jordan

There is always a way. Even if you feel stuck, you can always find a solution. With a little creativity and a lot of perseverance, you will find a way. MJ has to know how to do it.

Never let failure stop you

Success is going from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.- Wilston Churchill

You will fail, over and over again. Every one of us does. But can you really fail if you never give up? Even the best basketball player of all time has failed to hit the basket an infinite number of times.

I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. Twenty-six times I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed. — Micheal Jordan

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