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41 " in the absence of experience or knowledge, determination makes the difference between where you are and where you want to be! "
― Rachel Hollis , Girl, Stop Apologizing: A Shame-Free Plan for Embracing and Achieving Your Goals
42 " Made for more is the definition of you, and your desire for more is not something to be ashamed of! Our potential—the potential that resides in every single one of us—is our gift from our creator. What you do with that potential is your gift back to the rest of the world. The worst thing I can imagine is that you might die with that potential still untapped inside of you. "
43 " It’s no wonder so many mothers send me notes telling me they’ve lost themselves. Of course they have! If you live your life to please everyone else, you forget what used to make you you. "
44 " When I’m in charge, I can live whatever life I want. "
45 " Whatever the dream, it’s yours, not mine. You don’t have to give any justification, because as long you’re not asking anyone to give you approval, then you don’t need anyone to give you permission. In fact, when you understand that you don’t have to justify your dreams to anyone else for any reason, that’s the day you truly begin to step into who you’re meant to be. "
46 " Women especially are so brutal on themselves, and they often talk themselves out of their own dreams before they even attempt them. "
47 " You know that expression “Go big or go home”? I never go home. "
48 " Dreams are things you hope for, for your life. Dreams are the things that occur to you as you go about your day. "
49 " Doubt will kill more dreams than failure ever will. "
50 " If you’re the smartest person in the room, you’re in the wrong room. If you’re the most focused on growth in your group of friends, if you’re the highest achiever, if you’re the most compassionate, if you’re doing the best out of everyone, you’re in the wrong room. You should want to surround yourself with people who are better than you in the areas you want to improve in. You should hope that your good stuff rubs off on them and their good stuff rubs off on you. But if everyone in your circle looks to you to motivate them, you’re outnumbered. They’re much more likely to pull you down to their level than you are to pull them up to yours. "
51 " There is so much untapped potential inside people who are too afraid to give themselves a chance. "
52 " don’t be afraid of failure. Be afraid of never achieving anything at all because you were too afraid of what others might think of you for trying. "
53 " achieving big goals both personally and professionally came down to these three things: 1.Letting go of the excuses that kept me stuck. 2.Adopting great habits and behaviors that set me up for success. 3.Acquiring the skills necessary to make exponential growth possible. "
54 " The training never stops. "
55 " Leaders are encouraging. Leaders share information. Leaders hold up a light to show you the way. Leaders hold your hand when it gets hard. True leaders are just as excited for your success as they are for their own, because they know that when one of us does well, all of us come up. When one of us succeeds, all of us succeed. "
56 " But the older I get the more I become aware that I was raised thinking that my real value was based on the role I would play for other people. After all, being deemed a good wife or a good mother or daughter is rarely based on how true you are to yourself.Where I was raised, women are taught that to be a good woman you need to be good for other people. If your kids are happy, then you're a good mom. If your husband is happy, then you're a good wife. All of your value is essentially wrapped up in other people's happiness. How can anyone successfully navigate that for a lifetime?It's no wonder so many mothers send me notes telling me they've lost themselves. Of course they have! If you live your life to please everyone else, you forget what used to make you YOU. "
57 " Know your why. "
58 " Does it make you feel better about yourself? Does it make you kinder to people when you live in that state of misery, in the state of, “I’m too fat. I’m too thin. I’m too young. I’m too old. I’m too . . .”? How is it making you feel? It’s making you feel like crap. Nobody is living in a place of not enough and happy about it. Nobody is inspired and making great choices and enthusiastic and excited for every day while they are living in a state of not enough. The amazing thing is that this is all perception. It’s all what you believe to be true. And you get to decide what you believe. If we were girlfriends in real life I would shake your shoulders and remind you that you get to decide. I am living proof that your past does not determine your future. I am a living, breathing example. I am your friend, Rachel, and I am telling you that I walked through trauma and I walked through pain and I have been bullied and I have felt ugly and unworthy and not enough in a hundred different ways. And I have decided to reclaim my life. I have reclaimed it and fought back against the lies and the limiting beliefs over and over and over again. I have built on that strength by looking at what is true, not what is opinion. And you can too. "
59 " You’ve got a zero-percent chance of being the person you want to be if you’re not intentional about it. "
60 " Failure means that you’re living. Failure means you’re trying. "