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

HOLD YOUR OWN FEET TO THE FIRE
If there is anything in your life or your work that you wouldn’t get
into today, knowing what you now know, it is an excellent candidate
for
creative abandonment
, for being discontinued altogether.
Is there any relationship in your life—personal or business—
that, knowing what you now know, you wouldn’t get into today if
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you had it to do over? If there is, your next question is,
“How do I get
out of this relationship, and how fast?”
Think about your business and your career. Is there anything in
your work life that you wouldn’t get into again today, knowing what
you now know? Is there any business process, procedure, activity, or
expense that you wouldn’t start again today if you had it to do over?
Finally, think about your investments, not only of money, but
also of time or emotion. Is there any part of your life that is drag-
ging you down, causing you tension or stress, that you wouldn’t get
into again today if you were starting over? Sometimes, the fastest
way to change your thinking and your life is simply to question
everything you are doing today that is making you unhappy. If it is
not working, abandon it and do something else.
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