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The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain QUOTES

1 " Master the power of attitude and you'll live a powerful life. "

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2 " when a clear inner purpose becomes your primary goal, all your other goals have a way of working out. "

― , The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain

3 " 40 percent of our happiness rises or falls depending on the quality of our mental state. That’s the place to make the investment if happiness matters to you.8 "

― , The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain

4 " integrate your to-be list into your to-do list. "

― , The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain

5 " Reflect for a moment on how you want to feel as you work. Now imagine feeling this way. • Reflect on the state of mind you want to sustain throughout the day. Imagine yourself achieving this state of mind. • Reflect on how you want to be with your coworkers. Imagine relating to people in this way. • How do you want your brain to perform as you work? Imagine performing at the top of your game. • How do you want to feel physically each and every day? Imagine feeling this way. • Reflect on how you want to be with your loved ones at the end of the day. Imagine being this way at home. "

― , The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain

6 " Eckhart Tolle writes that people have only three options when they are presented with a situation that is intolerable: they can change the situation, walk away from it, or accept it. "

― , The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain

7 " Merton said, “All problems are resolved and everything is clear, simply because what matters is clear.”3 Peace and happiness are what matter and both are restored in the quiet of the present moment. "

― , The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain

8 " The first obstacle is our tendency to judge other people. Much of this is driven by the shame we feel that, as we saw in the last chapter, becomes too painful for the mind to hold. When that happens, our shame often projects its self-condemnation onto other people in the form of unkind judgments. The price we pay is separation. The second obstacle to connection is our unwillingness to forgive. "

― , The End of Stress: Four Steps to Rewire Your Brain