You Have More Power Over Your Personal Growth, With A Plan

• I grew convinced that truth, sincerity, and integrity in dealings between people were of the utmost importance (Autobiography of Ben Franklin)
• If you believe you can change and make it a habit, it can become a reality (The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg). 
• Greatness is about inspiring people, sharing a message, believing the truth in that cliche; It's the journey, not the destination (The School of Greatness by Lewis Howes).
• When our mindset and mood are positive we are smarter, more motivated, and thus more successful. Happiness is the center and success revolves around it (The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor). 
• Those with the growth mindset found success in doing their best, in learning and improving. And this is exactly what we find in the champions (Growth Mindset by Carol Dweck).
• The seven pillars of health are water, sleep, living food, exercise, detoxification, nutritional supplements, and coping with stress (The Seven Pillars of Health by Don Colbert, M.D.).
• Science shows that ultra-processed food is the cause of rising chronic diseases (Metabolical by Robert H. Lustig, M.D.). 
• Simple lifestyle changes can reverse most chronic diseases. Eat well, move more, stress less, and love more, to un do it. (UnDo It! by Dean Ornish, M.D. & Anne Ornish).
• Fasting can reverse metabolic dysfunction caused by excessive sugar and fat consumption (Can Fasting Save Your Life? by Toshia Myers, PhD & Alan Goldhamer, D.C.).
• Excess fat, salt, and refined (added) sugars can have a negative effect on many of the pathways that cause humans to age. A whole food, plant-based diet can have a positive effect on them (How Not to Age by Michael Greger, M.D.).
• A low fat, whole food, plant-based diet can prevent and even reverse most heart disease (Prevent and Reverse Heart Disease by Caldwell B. Esselstyn, Jr., M.D.).
• A few routines to help improve your health are to stop eating junk food, or at least not have any in the house, engage in regular exercise, have a regular sleep pattern, and plan your meals. It may also help to cook in quantity so you can store meals for later (The Pleasure Trap by Douglas J. Lisle, PhD & Alan Goldhamer, D.C.).
• Scientists realized there must be another reason for success beyond IQ, and years of research pointed to Emotional Intelligence (Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry and Jean Greaves). 
• All personal breakthroughs begin with a change in beliefs (Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins).  
• A wise man should consider that health is the greatest human blessing (Hippocrates). 
• One thing we know for certain, is that chasing meaning is better for your health than trying to avoid discomfort (Kelly McGonigal). 
• We should not ask what is the meaning of life, but recognize it is us who are asked. We are questioned by life, and we can only respond by being responsible (Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl). 
• Decisions rely heavily on human nature. We do not think that people are dumb. Instead, we think that the world is hard (Nudge by Thaler and Sunstein).
• Our emotion plays a larger role in decision-making than many people think it does, and we are prone to overestimate how much we understand about the world and underestimate the role of chance in events (Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman).  
• The subconscious mind will translate into reality a thought driven by fear just as readily as it will a thought driven by courage or faith (Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill). 
• Science without religion is lame; religion without science is blind (Albert Einstein). 
•  Desire reveals design, and design reveals destiny (Epic by John Eldredge). 
• Each person has greater potential for success in their strengths (Strengths Finder 2.0 by Tom Rath).
• Successful people change in ways that allow them to take advantage of their strengths (Principles by Ray Dalio). 
• Connection is why we're here. We are hardwired to connect with others, it's what gives purpose and meaning to our lives (Daring Greatly by Brene Brown). 
• About 15 percent of financial success is due to technical knowledge and 85 percent is due to relationship skills (How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie).
• Financial success is about 80 percent behavior and 20 percent knowledge (The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey) 
• Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination or both together go to making genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart). 
• Communication is the most important skill in life (The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People by Stephen R. Covey).
• See them as who they can become, believe in them, encourage them, give them the benefit of the doubt, catch them doing something right, put them in their strengths, trust them, help them set goals, and add significance to their life (Mentoring 101 by John Maxwell). 
• Living happily ever after only works when you make it work (Saving Your Marriage Before it Starts by Les and Leslie Parrott.
• The "Four Horseman" of marriage are criticism, contempt, defensiveness, and stonewalling (The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work by John Gottman). 
• Clear goals enable you to release your full potential for personal and professional success (Goals! by Brian Tracy). 
• Every time we say yes to something we are saying no to something else (Free to Focus by Michael Hyatt). 
• The highly successful have a kind of ferocious direction and determination that is passion and perseverance, in a word they have grit. Grit is developed by practicing a trade, with specific goals, improving weaknesses, developing purpose, with hope, knowing our effort matters to others (Grit by Angela Duckworth). 
• It's the investment you make in your interactions that will pay off (Linchpin by Seth Godin). 
• Wisdom is the third level of knowledge. 1. Knowledge is knowing what things do, or knowing a person's personality and strengths, which can be considered truths. 2. Understanding is knowing how or why things do what they do, or knowing a person's background and beliefs that shaped them, which can be considered principles. 3. Wisdom is knowing how to apply knowledge and understanding, to make better choices (Opportunity Truth by Jason A. Krause). 

Personal growth is the foundation for professional growth.

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