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Most People Would Rather Change Their Circumstances To Improve Their Lives When Instead They Need To Change Themselves To Improve Their Circumstances. They Put In Just Enough Effort To Distance Themselves From Their Problems Without Ever Trying To Go After The Root, Which Can Often Be Found In Themselves. Because They Don't Try To Change The Source Of Their Problems, Their Problems Keep Coming Back At Them.

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Most People Would Rather

John C. Maxwell

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Most People Would Rather Change Their Circumstances To Improve Their Lives When Instead They Need To Change Themselves To Improve Their Circumstances. They Put In Just Enough Effort To Distance Themselves From Their Problems Without Ever Trying To Go After The Root, Which Can Often Be Found In Themselves. Because They Don't Try To Change The Source Of Their Problems, Their Problems Keep Coming Back At Them.

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If People Around You Don't Believe In You, If They Don't Encourage You, Then You Need To Find Some People Who Do.

You Don't Overcome Challenges By Making Them Smaller But By Making Yourself Bigger.

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Failure Is Not Fatal. Only Failure To Get Back Up Is.

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If You Live Life With The Intention Of Making A Difference In Others' Lives, Your Life Will Be Full Not Empty.

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Business Success

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When You Find Your Spiritual Gift, God Will Give You An Opportunity To Use It.

Must Manage Your Thought Life Daily And Then You Can Manage Your Life.

Thoughts On Life

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What You Give To Help Others, Builds Them Up Enough That They Are Able To Give To Others. It's A Cycle That Can Continue On Long After You're Dead And Gone.

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