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Stay Vibrant
A key to staying vibrant is to learn, to be curious. What did you learn this month? — Sakfucius
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Details
The key to friendship is genuinely caring about the other person while remembering the details. Write down key details so that you can find them years later. — Sakfucius
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Expand
Expand your network and strive to make friends proactively. The larger your sphere, the richer your life. — Sakfucius
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Closest Friends
Pick your friends carefully because you will become more and more like them over time. — Sakfucius
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Are You Better Off
Are you better off after scrolling on TikTok, Instagram, or Facebook for an hour? What if you set a ten minutes per day limit? — Sakfucius
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Watch Less
What if you watched half as many hours of sports or news or shows? How do those hours improve your life and destiny? — Sakfucius
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I’m Not Motivated
Clearly visualize the outcome, get started, stay with it for a bit. Motivation usually comes after you start, not before. — Sakfucius
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Talk Less, Try More
How do you know any outcome unless you actually tried your idea? — Sakfucius
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90/10 Rule
Your life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it. — Sakfucius
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Old
Becoming old is a decision, not a date in time. — Sakfucius
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Heroes
Why does the world revere Cristiano Ronaldo, Michael Jordan, and Lewis Hamilton as heroes, while a person like Tu Youyou is unknown yet saved millions of lives? — Sakfucius
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Initiative and Impact
What can you do to make a profound difference on someone’s life? Take initiative when you see an opportunity. — Sakfucius
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Sparkle
People want to be around people who make them feel great about themselves. Help people sparkle and you will have a lot of friends. — Sakfucius
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Past is Past
Dwelling on the past wastes your time, your day, and your potential. Learn the lessons quickly and move on. — Sakfucius
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Drink Half
When at any gathering, drink half as much alcohol as everyone else. You will have few regrets. — Sakfucius
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Keep it Quiet
Keep your projects quiet until they are done. It avoids the trap of celebrating before the work is done, the noise from naysayers, and the dumbing down of your ideas from group opinions. — Sakfucius
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Lasting Value
Create assets of lasting value. Too many work all their hours and have nothing to leverage in the future. — Sakfucius
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Relationship Happiness
You must learn to be happy and confident alone before you can succeed in a longterm interdependent relationship. — Sakfucius
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Only the Wise
Only the wise recognize good advice and follow it when it doesn’t fit their preconceived notions. — Sakfucius
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Overcome
Don’t avoid difficulties because every time you overcome pain, you become a better person. — Sakfucius
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Ethics and Employment
If you discover that you work for an unethical employer, leave decisively and don’t look back. Life is too short. — Sakfucius
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Free Your Mind
Free your mind by not caring about what others think. Most are average, yet too many imprison themselves by worrying about people’s average judgements. — Sakfucius
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Visualize Succeeding
When challenged, visualize yourself succeeding. A clear picture of victory in your mind’s eye fuels success while reducing stress. — Sakfucius
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Perfect Day
If you don’t know what a perfect day looks like to you, how can you ever strive to have one? — Sakfucius
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Why Drink?
Why do you drink alcohol? It is good to understand and be honest with yourself. Alcohol ruins countless promising futures. — Sakfucius
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Paintball
Why is it so hard for the bad guys to shoot the hero in movies but I can get nailed by a paintball seconds after peeking out from behind a tree? — Sakfucius
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Analysis Paralysis
Has anyone ever analyzed their own feelings and come to the conclusion that they are happier than they thought they were? — Sakfucius
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Be Wary
Telling people what you plan to do backfires as critics, pessimists, advisors, admirers, and the envious all take their shots at your idea. Do it first, show it later. — Sakfucius
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Open Office
Don’t schedule important work when you know you will be interrupted, as it will lead to little else but frustration. — Sakfucius
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Luck
Luck happens much more often when you invest time being prepared. — Sakfucius
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Love
Do you love what you do? Do you love who you are with? Do you love yourself? To love is a decision and conscious pursuit, not just the feeling portrayed in film. — Sakfucius
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Choose to Forget
Why think about bad stuff from your far gone past? Is it helping you or hurting your progress, your attitude, your life? — Sakfucius
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Happiness
Don’t seek things or people to make you happy. Happiness comes from the inside. — Sakfucius
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The Right Advice
Recruit mentors before you need them. People love to offer advice but you must develop those relationships long before you need them. — Sakfucius
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Better Logic
Struggling with a decision? Write it out on paper and experience the magic of ink. — Sakfucius
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Need an Idea
If you are out of ideas, read a couple books. Any books. It works. — Sakfucius
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Seek Change
Do you analyze, fine-tune, and get better with every attempt, or do you do the same things and hope for different outcomes? — Sakfucius
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So Few Publish
Publishing is now effectively free. Why not publish your best thoughts, your best work, for all to see? — Sakfucius
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Lead a Horse to Water
When it comes to advice, all you can do is offer it, then not dwell when people don’t take it. — Sakfucius
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Adapt & Overcome
The Marines are right: Adapt, improvise, overcome, no matter what it takes. — Sakfucius
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Grit Girl / Grit Guy
Few people have grit. Grit means staying on mission, undeterred by anyone or anything, for however long it takes. Be Grit Girl or Grit Guy. You won’t regret it. — Sakfucius
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Fitness 50/50
Fitness is 50% food and 50% movement, strain, and effort. Too many ignore the first half. — Sakfucius
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Mojo
Without confidence, people are unlikely to take the risk, to take the initiative. What chances have you taken this year? — Sakfucius
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Freedom Balance
The less bills you have to pay, the less stuff you have to maintain, the less people need your help, the more freedom you have. — Sakfucius
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Never Ignore Health
Without good health, all else evaporates. Health is mostly found in your daily habits. — Sakfucius
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Use Time Well
Time is limited. Learn to say “no” to distractions from your chosen mission, diplomatically and adroitly, to maintain your momentum. — Sakfucius
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The Wise
The wise ask the right question. — Sakfucius
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Comparisons
The day you stop worrying what others think is the day half your stress leaves your body for good. — Sakfucius
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Marketing 201
Effective marketing is not about what you make or do but rather the vivid stories you tell. — Sakfucius
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Addiction
Do not get addicted to attention, commendation, or admiration. The spotlight is temporary and you will suffer withdrawl symptoms. — Sakfucius
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Next Episode
Design your business meetings so that everyone in the room wants and looks forward to the next meeting. — Sakfucius
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Setbacks
Setbacks are inevitable to become all you can be. — Sakfucius
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Never Retire
Write your next chapter, pursue your next goal, but never ever retire. — Sakfucius
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Change for Love
What one change would your loved one want you to make? Why not find out. — Sakfucius
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Entitlement is a Cancer
You don’t deserve anything. You must earn it while realizing that life is sometimes unfair. Stay positive, go forth, and earn it daily. — Sakfucius
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Learn Three
Why not learn three close-up magic tricks? — Sakfucius
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Laughter
How often do you really laugh? Laughter and longevity are closely correlated. — Sakfucius
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Improving or Fading
We are either improving or degrading. Trying to keep the status quo is fool’s goal because change is a constant. — Sakfucius
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Tips are Traps
Hot tips are tantalizing. Do your research on an investment and don’t get in a hurry. Tipsters are often the end of a rumor started my one person and modified many times along the way. — Sakfucius
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Flaws
All of us have many flaws but are you working to improve one of yours right now? Do you have a written why, a plan, and milestones with target dates? — Sakfucius
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I Tried Everything
Too often, we utter ‘I tried everything’ — and it is never true. Average people try one or two ways, then give up when they don’t get the results expected. Extraordinary people try dozens of ways without faltering on their goals and vision. — Sakfucius
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Keys to Happiness
Gratitude fuels happiness, but living a daily life congruent with your values is the engine. — Sakfucius
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Interactive Impact
What if you asked your audience an easy to answer question every five minutes? Would your presentation be more memorable? — Sakfucius
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Purpose of Stories
More than just being memorable, a great story gives the listener questions to think about for themselves. — Sakfucius
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One Book
What one book do you want to re-read soon? Why not now? — Sakfucius
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Embarrassed
No one can embarrass you without your consent. — Sakfucius
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Quicksand
Why was quicksand such a danger in all cartoon shows? Have you ever actually seen quicksand? — Sakfucius
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Joy
When is the last time you felt true joy? What made you joyful? — Sakfucius
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Avoid Reviews
Sometimes, try being open minded and have no expectations. It will change your experience. — Sakfucius
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Stand Back Up
When has feeling sorry for yourself paid off in any way? When you get knocked down, get up off the floor and fight on. — Sakfucius
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Parental Mission
Is your mission as a parent to raise independent, successful, and caring adults, or is it to be your kid’s best buddy and friend? — Sakfucius
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Horses
Investing can be imagined as money riding on a horse to a distant destination. If you picked the wrong horse and a stock comes up lame, change horses. — Sakfucius
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True #1 Priority
What if you accomplished your true top priority every week for fifty years without fail? Most do not because they are working on someone else’s priorities. — Sakfucius
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Out of Your Control
The sooner you realize someone else’s happiness is out of your own control, the better. — Sakfucius
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Story Driven
Direct advice can sound judgmental while telling a truthful story about a third party is just a story with influence. — Sakfucius