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1 " Accepting personal responsibility for your life frees you from outside influences – increases your self-esteem – boosts confidence in your ability to decisions – and ultimately leads to achieve success in life. "
2 " A man’s principles are his own. Man starts flip-flopping on what he believes based on outside influences and he may as well run for congress. "
3 " [Research] suggests that what we think of as free will is largely an illusion: much of the time, we are simply operating on automatic pilot, and the way we think and act – and how well we think and act on the spur of the moment – are a lot more susceptible to outside influences than we realize. "
― Malcolm Gladwell , Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking
4 " Avoid letting outside influences have a chance to affect your thoughts. "
― Steven Redhead , Life Is A Cocktail
5 " The purpose of Hatha Yoga is to establish a body that is less susceptible to outside influences – a stable platform to build on. "