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Awaken the Giant Within - by Tony Robbins | Derek Sivers

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This 1992 book changed everything about my life. It’s my Bible. Most of my beliefs come from it. I read it many times at a formative age, but re-read it now 30 years later, taking notes. It’s not a perfect book. It’s too verbose and full of expired American references. But its core messages are the wisest, most effective life philosophy I’ve ever encountered. You choose how you feel. Your emotions come from you, not events or others. Doesn’t matter what’s true, but what empowers you. You adopted beliefs randomly from circumstance, but you can rewire your mind to believe whatever helps you be who you want to be. You have absolute control over your internal world. If you think, “I can’t help the way I feel”, you need this book. Never again settle for less than you can be. Concentrate your power. Focus all resources on mastering a single area of your life. Invest your life into something that will live on long after you’re gone. To make a change, first you must raise your standards. Wr

Never again settle for less than you can be. Concentrate your power. Focus all resources on mastering a single area of your life. Invest your life into something that will live on long after you’re gone. To make a change, first you must raise your standards. Write down all the things you will no longer accept in your life. Write down all the things you aspire to become. Beliefs are unquestioned commands, telling us what’s possible, and how things are. Beliefs shape every feeling, every thought, and every action. Set a higher standard and believe. Then you can figure out the strategies. Find a

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