Book Summary: If Life is a Game, These are the Rules

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Rule seven - Others are only mirrors of you You cannot love or hate something about another person unless it reflects something you love or hate about yourself. Seerepparttar qualities that you admire in others as characteristics that you have already embraced in yourself, allow them to illuminate more clearly your own feelings of self-worth.

Rule eight - What you make of your life is up to you You have allrepparttar 105238 tools and resources you need. What you do with them is up to you.

Rule nine - Your answers lie inside of you

All you need to do is look, listen and trust. Many answers to life's problems are available by trusting your intuition and listening torepparttar 105239 'little voices' in your head.

Rule ten - You will forget all of this at birth Create ways to find your way back to your truth when you forget. Surround yourself with people who know your personal truth and are familiar with your authentic self. They can help keep you rooted.

Key thoughts:

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because characte is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -John Wooden, college basketball coach

"Although they only give gold medals inrepparttar 105240 field of athletics, I encourage everyone to look into themselves and find their own personal dream, whatever that may be - sports, medicine, law, business, music, writing, whatever. The same principles apply. Turn your dream into a goal and learn how to attack that goal systematically. Break it into bite-size chunks that seem possible, and then don't give up. Just keep plugging away." - John Naber, swimmer, four-time Olympic Gold Medalist



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Book Summary: Permission to Win

Written by By: Regine Azurin


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Winning inrepparttar workplace

Always remember: You are responsible for your own professional career. Your attitude is everything. Leave your work baggage outsiderepparttar 105236 door when you get home. Likewise, leave your personal baggage outsiderepparttar 105237 door when you arrive at your workplace. In real life, we makerepparttar 105238 mistake of bringing our work problems home, and our home problems to work.

Give yourself away

All human beings, no matter what religion they belong to, find happiness and fulfillment in a form of giving or charity. It is when we are helping others we feel lighter, and happier. Choose a cause that interests you and fits your talent and unique profile. This will add new meaning to your life.

Fiscal fitness

Yes, you CAN attend to earning a living AND working on your personal mission. Few of us are wealthy enough or fortunate enough to simply pursue our dreams without thought to where we will get our financing. It takes a daily effort to schedule one part of your day torepparttar 105239 work of your personal dream, and another to payingrepparttar 105240 rent.

The Water of Life

This involves probablyrepparttar 105241 most important spokes inrepparttar 105242 Circle or Wheel of Life. The Water of life refers torepparttar 105243 three essential spokes ofrepparttar 105244 Circle of Life: 1. The spiritual 2. Physical fitness 3. Leisure

We all must make room for these activities. Permission to Win 1. Free yourself of self-imposed restrictions and open your mind to a champion's potential. 2. Do not letrepparttar 105245 loss of a job, a relationship, or an illness take away your strength. 3. The great thing about human beings is their ability to overcome adversity. 4. Give yourself permission to win and start Today! 5. Take five seconds to go to a mirror and tell yourself loudly and firmly: "I give you permission to win."

Key thoughts:

"Be more concerned with your character than your reputation, because characte is what you really are, while your reputation is merely what others think you are." -John Wooden, college basketball coach

"Although they only give gold medals inrepparttar 105246 field of athletics, I encourage everyone to look into themselves and find their own personal dream, whatever that may be - sports, medicine, law, business, music, writing, whatever. The same principles apply. Turn your dream into a goal and learn how to attack that goal systematically. Break it into bite-size chunks that seem possible, and then don't give up. Just keep plugging away." - John Naber, swimmer, four-time Olympic Gold Medalist

By: Regine Azurin Regine Azurin isrepparttar 105247 President of BestSummaries.com, a company that provides book summaries ofrepparttar 105248 latest motivational, inspirational, self-help and personality development bestsellers. http://www.bestsum.com Free Book Summaries of Top Self-help, Motivational and Inspirational books

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This article is based on the following book: Permission to Win By Ray Pelletier Published By Oakhill Press, 1997 ISBN: 1886939101 201 pages


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