Quotes About Mindset

I realized that for my own part, I was much more likely to take risks, reach out to others, and expose myself to rejection and failure when I felt happy. When I felt unhappy, I felt defensive, touchy, and self-conscious.

How about this," I suggested. "Instead of feeling that you've blown the day and thinking, 'I'll get back on track tomorrow,' try thinking of each day as a set of four quarters: morning, midday, afternoon, evening. If you blow one quarter, you get back on track for the next quarter. Fail small, not big.

Although we presume that we act because of the way we feel, in fact we often feel because of the way we act.

I needed to change the lens through which I viewed everything familiar.

I'd always vaguely expected to outgrown my limitations.

It's been freeing to focus on what works for me rather than what's wrong with me.

The happiest and most successful people are those who have figured out ways to exploit their Tendency to their benefit and, just as important, found ways to counterbalance its limitations.

The simple, decisive question was: How do you respond to expectations?

You're not happy unless you think you're happy.

Actually spending ten minutes clearing off one shelf is better than fantasizing about spending a weekend cleaning out the basement.

Getting in control of our possessions makes us feel more in control of our fates. If this is an illusion, it's a helpful illusion--and it's a more pleasant way to live.

mere acquisition isn't enough to establish a good habit

The conduct of our lives is the true reflection of our thoughts. —MICHEL DE MONTAIGNE

At certain points in our lives, it may not be possible to be happy, but it is possible to try to be happier—as happy as we can be, under the circumstances—and by doing so, fortify ourselves against adversity.

I wasn't as happy as I could be, and my life wasn't going to change unless I made it change.

The opposite of happiness is unhappiness, not depression.

A happy home wasn't a place that I could furnish, but an attitude of mind I must develop.

About 30 to 50 percent of happiness is genetically determined; about 10 to 20 percent reflects life circumstances (such as age, gender, health, marital status, income, occupation); and the rest is very much influenced by the way we think and act. We possess considerable power to push ourselves to the top or bottom of our natural range through our conscious actions and thoughts.

Don't let the perfect be the enemy of the good.

The conduct of our lives is the true reflection of our thoughts. —Michel de Montaigne, "Of the Education of Children

So while [Upholds] live by the motto, 'Discipline brings freedom,' [Rebels] live by the motto: 'Freedom is my discipline.

many people decide to improve their habits, they don't begin by looking where their keys are; they begin by looking in an easy spot.

People assume that a person who acts happy must feel happy, but although it's in the very nature of happiness to seem effortless and spontaneous, it often takes great skill.

Happiness experts point out that merely making and sticking to a decision is a source of happiness, because it gives you a feeling of control, of efficacy, of responsibility. At times of