📖 The Inner Game of Success by Ruben Gonzalez
Topic: Self-Help | Medium: Kindle | Rating: 5/5
It was really hard to cull down the quotes. So many good nuggets.
Three keynotes
1. Success is a mindset 🧠
"Successful people think Big, and then they make very wise choices. Because when it comes right down to it, success is a choice." (Gonzalez 2014)
"Remember, you will become what you think about most of the time. Successful people constantly think about what they want to accomplish, about how they will accomplish it, and about being true to themselves as they accomplish it. About keeping true to their values." (Gonzalez 2014)
"In life you don’t get what you want. You get what you are. The best way to improve yourself is to change what goes into your mind. We are a product of what goes into our minds. What you think determines what you do. What you do determines what you accomplish." (Gonzalez 2014)
2. Success is taking action 🏃♂️
"Remember; if you do what you fear, the fear will disappear. If you don’t do what you fear, the fear will control your life. Make a game out of conquering your fears." (Gonzalez 2014)
"Next time life knocks you down, pretend that you are a boxer that must do whatever it takes to get back up in 10 seconds or else. Focus on how quickly you can get back up. Because the longer you’re down, the harder it will be to regain your momentum. Remember, a setback is a setup for a comeback." (Gonzalez 2014)
"Every time you take action in the pursuit of your dream, you’re increasing the probabilities of reaching it. It’s all up to you." (Gonzalez 2014)
3. Success is by association 🤝
"You see, it’s no different than what you tell your kids. A C student can’t teach you how to become a B student and a B student can’t teach you how to become an A student. If all you do is hang around average people, I can tell you exactly what will happen. Before long, you’ll start believing you have average intelligence, average creativity, average talent, average capability, and average skills. And you know what? In virtually every case, those beliefs will be wrong. When you start associating with winners, you start realizing that they are not much smarter, talented, or gifted than most people. You start realizing that they are ordinary people with extraordinary desire, belief, focus, and willingness to get the job done. You hang around them long enough and you start seeing the possibilities. You start seeing that you’ve had what it takes all along. You start developing hope, belief and faith in the future. And when that starts happening, look out. You start taking action. Because when there’s hope in the future, there’s power in the present." (Gonzalez 2014)