"Everything
that's really worthwhile in life comes to us free - our minds, our souls, our
bodies, our hopes, our dreams, our intelligence, our love of family and friends
and country. All of these priceless possessions are free."
~Earl Nightingale
~Earl Nightingale
Think about it. You can lose all of your money
and start over. If your house burns down, you can rebuild it. But things that
cost you nothing, you can never replace.
One of the most important keys to
self-motivation is to identify your core values in life. You
must decide what matters most. Why the need to define
your values? Many people think, "I know
what's important; I don't need a list to remind me." What they don't fully
understand, however, is that those core values will often serve as critical
guides for making important decisions. When they're in doubt, your core values
will cut through the fog like a beacon in the night.
We all know there are many distractions along
the road of life that will try to pull us away from our values. Sometimes we
are forced to make difficult choices. But a good rule of thumb is that when you
have to sacrifice material possessions for one of those "free things"
that life has given you...you've made the right choice.
I cannot take credit for this. I try every day to live my life by this. This is one of 50
short chapters in the book Charging the Human Battery...50 Ways to Motivate
Yourself, by Mac Anderson.
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