MARK TWAINS FAVORITE TIPS: 1. APPROVE OF YOURSELF. “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” If you don’t approve of yourself, of your behaviour and actions then you’ll probably walk around most of the day with a sort of uncomfortable feeling. If you, on the other hand, approve of yourself then you tend to become relaxed and gain inner freedom to do more of what you really want. 2. YOUR LIMITATIONS MAY JUST BE IN YOUR MIND. “Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it doesn’t matter.” So many limitations are mostly in our minds. We may for instance think that people will disapprove because we are too tall, too old or balding. But these things mostly matter when you think they matter. Because you become self-conscious and worried about what people may think. It is, for instance, seldom too late to do what you want to do. 3. LIGHTEN UP AND HAVE SOME FUN. “Humor is mankind’s greatest blessing.” “Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand.” Humor and laughter are amazing tools. They can turn any serious situation into something to laugh about. They can lighten the mood just about anywhere. 4. Let go of anger. “Anger is an acid that can do more harm to the vessel in which it is stored than to anything on which it is poured.” So even if you feel angry at someone for days recognize that you are mostly just hurting yourself. The other person may not even be aware that you are angry at him or her. So either talking to the person and resolving the conflict or letting go of anger as quickly as possible are pretty good tips to make your life more pleasurable. 5. RELEASE YOURSELF FROM ENTITLEMENT. “Don’t go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.” You are in the driver’s seat now. And you can go pretty much wherever you want. 6. IF YOURE TAKING A DIFFERENT PATH, PREPARE FOR REACTIONS. “A person with a new idea is a crank until the idea succeeds.” I think this has quite a bit of relevance to self-improvement. If you start to change or do something different than you usually do then people may react in different ways. Some may be happy for you. Some may be indifferent. Some may be puzzled or react in negative and discouraging ways. So what other people may say and think and letting that hold you back is probably just fantasy and barrier you build in your mind. 7. KEEP YOUR FOCUS STEADILY ON WHAT YOU WANT. “Drag your thoughts away from your troubles… by the ears, by the heels, or any other way you can manage it.” What you focus your mind on greatly determines how things play out. You can also start to build a habit of learning to gain more and more control of where you put your focus. 8. DONT FOCUS SO MUCH ON MAKING YOURSELF FEEL GOOD. “The best way to cheer yourself up is to try to cheer somebody else up.” 9. DO WHAT YOU WANT TO DO. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn’t do than by the ones you did so. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
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