Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life: How to Unlock Your Full Potential for Success and Achievement

YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE
You will achieve financial success only after you accept that every-
thing that you ever become is completely up to you.You are respon-
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sible. No one is going to do it for you. Keep repeating,
“If it’s to be,
it’s up to me!”
Fortunately, in America there are more opportunities for wealth
creation and personal success than have ever existed previously in
all of human history. The United States is the only country on earth
that is commonly referred to overseas as “the land of dreams.” In
2003, it was rated as 
the most entrepreneurial country
in the world.
This means that it is easier to start and build a successful business
in the United States than it is anywhere else on earth.
As information and technology continue to expand and mul-
tiply times each other, and competition continues to intensify,
more and more opportunities are opening up every day for the
creative minority who are willing to take advantage of them. Your
job is to find these opportunities, and if you don’t find them,
cre-
ate them
for yourself.
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