497. Achievement and Your Sphere of Comfort

"There is always a direct correlation between an increased sphere of comfort and getting what you want." -Tim Ferris

491. Achievement

"The first formal condition for achieving anything great is that you should be independent of public opinion." -Hegel
Public opinion is fickle. It can be with you one day and against you the next. When all is said and done, it remains only that, an opinion. Opinions are worthless. True judgements based on examination and analysis of the facts are much more valuable. Mere unsupported opinion is worthless.

430. Optimism

Be optimistic rather than pessimistic. Optimists achieve more and live longer. Optimists are better liked and tend to have better relationships.

34. On Achievement

Once you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything you set out to do. Just for practice, once a week, try something really difficult.

33. Determination

Once you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything you set out to do. Eliminate once and for all the words "can't" and "impossible" from your speech and thought. Substitute "I can and I will" as a mantra. Sound it in mind whenever you become disheartened.

27. The Importance of Achievements

It is very important to achieve the goals you have set for yourself but you should remain detached from them and not become obsessed. Maintain a healthy distance from them through meditation. Never compromise your principles or sully your values in order to achieve your aims. You will hate yourself a little more every time you do.

26. Failure

It is impossible to fail as a person. You can, however fail at a given task. This is an important distinction because your self-worth as a person is self-evident and has nothing to do with any task external to yourself. Never equate your self-worth with any external achievement. This is an error into which people often fall. Your inherent value and dignity are not measurable by externals.If you are to learn and grow and ever achieve anything worthwhile, plenty of failure (at tasks) is inevitable. More often than not, you will learn far more from the tests that you fail than from those that you pass.The correct attitude to failure is expressed in the old song as "Pick yourself up, Dust yourself down and Start all over again."