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

YOU DETERMINE YOUR OWN INCOME
People sometimes argue with me about this. They say that the pay
structures in their business or industry are determined by factors
over which they have no control. But then I point out to them that it
was 
they
who decided to go to work in that business or industry.
And it is they who decide to stay there. They are in charge. They are
on their own payroll.
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If you are not happy with any part of your work, it is up to you
to change it. Benjamin Disraeli said, “Never complain and never ex-
plain.” If there is a part of your work or personal life that you don’t
like, don’t waste your time complaining about it. Instead, take ac-
tion. As Shakespeare’s Hamlet expresses it, “take arms against a sea
of troubles, and by opposing end them.”
Seeing yourself as the president of your own personal services
corporation requires that you accept total responsibility for every-
thing you are, and everything you ever will be. This is an enormous
thought for many people. It is both scary and exhilarating.
Just imagine! You are where you are and what you are because
you
have decided to be there. Everything you accomplish, for the
rest of your life, will be largely determined by the actions that you
take, or fail to take.You are responsible.You are in charge.You are in
control. You are your own boss. And there are no limits except the
limits that you allow the outside world to place on yourself and on
your thinking.
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