When it comes to making commitments to other people, sometimes one of the hardest things to learn to say is no when we mean no.
Rory VadenDo things you don't want to do because it is the shortest, most guaranteed path to success: what you want in your life. It's not about getting a certain amount of money or a certain type of house, but what you want your life to look like.
Rory VadenChannel your emotion into the excellence of doing something rather than the mediocrity of deciding whether or not to do it.
Rory VadenThe most self-disciplined people in the world aren't born with it, but at one point they start to think differently about self discipline. Easy, short-term choices lead to different long-term consequences. Difficult short-term choices lead to easy long-term consequences. What we thought was the easy way led to a much more difficult life. I think that motivation is sort of like a unicorn that people chance like a magic pill that will make them suddenly want to work hard. It's not out there.
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