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

Dream Big Dreams
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before you 
get out
. You have to 
give
before you 
receive
. You have to
pay the price before you enjoy the reward.
Your willingness to do whatever you need to do, pay whatever
price is required, go whatever distance is necessary, and make what-
ever sacrifice is demanded is the measure of how badly you really
want your goal.
Many people sabotage their own success by deciding that they
want a particular goal, and although they are willing to pay a high
price for it, they are not quite willing to pay the 
full price
that the
goal demands. This is like wanting to win in a poker game but not
being willing to match the final bet made by the other player. You
end up losing the whole hand, just as by failing to make a total com-
mitment people end up losing the entire goal.
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