Learn the 7 Habits Paradigm shift by Stephen Covey
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BETWEEN STIMULUS AND RESPONSE, HUMAN’S HAVE THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO CHOOSE WHAT TO DO
This is a unique ability of humans: free will.

When animals get physically abused, they naturally recoil. As humans, we have the willpower to choose our response. If you get bullied, mistreated, if people are horrible to you, if life is unfair, you have the ability to voluntarily choose to smile and be happy.

That is amazing.

In the book, the author points to the story of a Holocaust survivor who maintained his own free will when everything else was stripped away. All of his meals, his duties, and everything about him was determined by others, but he maintained his ability to choose his attitude. He wasn’t sure if he would be killed the next day or not every single day. This won out in the long run.

VISUALIZATION HELPS YOU SUCCEED
This Holocaust survivor visualized that he would one day be a guest lecturer and tell his story to the world after his survival while still being a captive. This program into his sub-conscious allowed him to survive while others gave up and died.

This correlates a lot with subconscious wealth visualization exercises mentioned in the self-help and wealth-creation world.

IN SEEMINGLY HOPELESS OR UNKNOWN SITUATIONS, DON’T USE DEADLINES
It’s important to note that being too hopeful with a deadline does not work in situations that seem futile. There’s a lot of books from Japanese Prisoner of Wars. One of the most famous is a book called Unbroken, later adapted into a film directed by Angelina Jolie.

The author was interviewed in another book I read (I believe it was Good to Great, it may have been another one) and he said that there was a lot of people who died of despair because they keep setting deadlines: “Oh, we’ll be freed by Christmas. Oh, we’ll be saved by Easter.”

Those times came and went and they weren’t saved. This lead to more and more despair until they gave up and died.

Note: this is specifically for unique, hopeless situations like being a captive of war. It may not apply to life or a business world. Deadlines could be good for school or business.

From my readings of tons of self-made wealthy individuals, you can often be more hopeful and persevere longer. Many of them have gone through years of homelessness and tough times, but due to their perseverance, hard work, and the beauty of the capitalistic system, they got their big break in acting, started a business that finally made it, or finally started advancing.

In a capitalistic economy, we often have much more hidden options that we think. A lot more than a prisoner of war.
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