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Human beings are interesting…
We have this tendency to listen to our friends’ opinions… Because they’re our friends.
Are your friends wealthy and happy?
To listen to common wisdom… Because it’s called “wisdom” and is everywhere around us.
Do you envy the lifestyle of “common people”?
To listen to the media’s biases… Because someone sold us on the idea that journalists research their topic before reporting on it.
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We don’t want to be like these people we let influence us.
But we don’t want to feel too different from what we’re familiar with.
It’s uncomfortable.
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So, may I suggest a simple daily routine for your mornings?
1. Remind yourself of the current life of who you’ve listened to so far.
2. Review the results you want in your life (and the gap between the two).
3. Consciously choose whose opinions you’re going to seek out – and whose opinions you will avoid.
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I’m not particularly a fan of Bob Allen but I think this quote really nails it:
“Don’t let the opinions of the average man sway you.
Dream, and he thinks you’re crazy.
Succeed, and he thinks you’re lucky.
Acquire wealth, and he thinks you’re greedy.
Pay no attention. He simply doesn’t understand.”
- Robert G. Allen
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May I suggest you take the time to reflect on this?
Talk tomorrow,
Yann
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Yann- Great quote to ponder. Thanks for sharing it.
Pam
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Love the quote. Learning to think for ourselves – perhaps one of the hardest lessons to learn of all.,
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Yann,
Great thought. And so true, maybe there is a certain herding instinct kicking in here. There is a measure of learned helplessness mixed in with that group dynamic.
I’d never seen that quote before but I liked it!
Thanks!
JC
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I am going to copy it in my journal and give it some thought.
Thanks
Bob Kaufer
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Yann, Interesting points. i have learned from experience to stay away from negative people. No one can tell you what you are not capable of doing. Mark
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Fantastic post, Yann. Very motivational. I needed that!
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Hi Yann,
Short but important message…we must keep vigil at the doorway of our mind and be very selective on who we let influence our thoughts!
Ive learnt to only listen to those opinions of people who are in the position in life or business where I wish to be
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You lie down with dogs and you wake up with fleas. We are all susceptible to the negative stinkin’ thinkin’ of others to quote the great Zig Ziglar…
Seize the Day,
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Yann,
Great post.
I don’t like Robert Allen the spruiker too. But the quote you have from him is really good & true.
Confucius said, “Don’t negate what a person says because of who he is; don’t negate a person’s worth just because of what he says.”
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Great quote. I plan on making myself lucky, crazy and greedy.
Anthony
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It is way too easy for people to stay right where they are. As you said, it comfortable, even if they’re not happy, because it’s what they know how to do.
I will fight the urge…
Jennifer
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The questions are very good and serve as a reminder that we need to stand guard at the door of our minds.
Steve Chambers, The Sales Expert
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Yann,
very good post. I like that quote. I’ve never heard it before.
Lynn
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Great quote…
…but the best bit of this post was reading you call him Bob. That really made me laugh. And i don’t really know why!!
Thanks!
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This is so funny. I always ask opinions of those that I want to be like. But I used to work in a big office with my sister and a few other younger girls. One girl was having boyfriend troubles, my sister was in a terrible marriage and would come in every day and tell us all about the fight she had the night before with her husband. I was the only one in a happy, loving relationship. The girl with the boyfriend issues always took my sisters advice instead of mine. Then I realized that it was because my sister’s advice was easier. Sometimes relationships take work, but when you invest time and work in them they seem to turn out alot better.
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It makes such a difference to choose carefully to whom we listen and with whom we invest our precious lives.
Best regards,
April Braswell
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Yann you always give me something to take through the day and contemplate. Funny how several of my friends have told me how boring i am since i started this course because i don’t have time to do what they do.
Don Shepherd
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One of my favorite quotes from Robert G. Allen – reminds me to chart my own course.
Pat
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My Mother always told me to stay away from negative people and to rather seek out friends that were happy, positive and hard working. That advice has stood me in good stead.