We have all been judged at one point. But if you have ever judged oth­ers, par­tic­u­larly if you feel your judg­ments — no mat­ter how small — were incon­se­quen­tial or mean­ing­less, you have to watch this video.

My wife shared this video with me yes­ter­day, and I had a hard time try­ing to stop myself from tear­ing up. Watch it. Notice how even the tough­est and biggest bul­lies react. It’s quite amazing.

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“I prac­ticed the art of get­ting more things done rather than get­ting the really impor­tant things done well.“
– Alec MacKenzie

“We can no more afford to spend major time on minor things than we can to spend minor time on major things.“
– Jim Rohn

Now is the time to set your GOALs. Your “guides” are goals that will most likely stem from your per­sonal val­ues because, hav­ing gone through the process so far, you will have a pretty good idea of what kind of goals you truly want. Take a new sheet of paper and write at the top the words “My Guides.” Then, write down what you want to be, do, or have.

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“The most impor­tant things in life aren’t things.“
– Fran­cis the Talk­ing Mule

“One of the symp­toms of an approach­ing ner­vous break­down is the belief that one’s work is ter­ri­bly impor­tant.“
– Bertrand Russell

“Often peo­ple attempt to live their lives back­wards: they try to have more things, or more money, in order to do more of what they want to they will be hap­pier. The way it actu­ally works is the reverse. You must first be who you really are, then do what you need to do, to have what you want.“
– Mar­garet Young

First, take a sheet of paper and write at the top “My Val­ues.” Start by list­ing your top ten val­ues. Ask your­self what kind of feel­ing, value, or per­sonal mean­ing you would like in your life right now. What are your inner­most con­vic­tions? What do your really value in life? What are you truly pas­sion­ate about? What are your core desires?

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“The trou­ble with so many of us is that we under­es­ti­mate the power of sim­plic­ity. We have a ten­dency it seems to over com­pli­cate our lives and for­get what’s impor­tant and what’s not. We tend to mis­take move­ment for achieve­ment. We tend to focus on activ­i­ties instead of results. As the pace of life con­tin­ues to race along in the out­side world, we for­get that we have the power to con­trol our lives regard­less of what’s going on out­side.“
– Robert Stuberg

“First, all rela­tion­ships are with your­self — and some­times they involve other peo­ple. Sec­ond, the most impor­tant rela­tion­ship in your life — the one you have, like it or not, until the day you die — is with your­self.“
– Peter McWilliams

Remem­ber that your inner self is your great­est source of all that feeds you along the road of life. It’s what builds you as a per­son. It’s your val­ues, your pri­or­i­ties, your mind, and espe­cially your peace of mind. Most impor­tant, it’s your self-​​image. Since your image is a mere reflec­tion of your self-​​image, then what goes on out­side of you is an indi­ca­tion of what goes on inside.

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“In addi­tion to self-​​awareness, imag­i­na­tion and con­science, it is the fourth human endow­ment, inde­pen­dent will, that really makes effec­tive self-​​management pos­si­ble. It is the abil­ity to make deci­sions and choices and to act in accor­dance with them. It is the abil­ity to act rather than to be acted upon, to proac­tively carry out the pro­gram we have devel­oped through the other three endow­ments. Empow­er­ment comes from learn­ing how to use this great endow­ment in the deci­sions we make every day.“
– Stephen Covey

“Moti­va­tion,” the author of The Psy­chol­ogy Of Win­ning Dr. Den­nis Wait­ley wrote, “comes from within and not from with­out; all moti­va­tion is self-​​motivation.” You can not find moti­va­tion out­side of you but can develop moti­va­tion inside of you. Often­times, it is sleep­ing within you. Peo­ple can get pepped up, enthused, encour­aged, or even inspired by oth­ers, but they can never get moti­vated by them.

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“Suc­cess is being at peace with your­self.“
– Anony­mous

“Inner peace can be reached only when we prac­tice for­give­ness. For­give­ness is let­ting go of the past, and is there­fore the means for cor­rect­ing our mis­per­cep­tions.“
– Ger­ald Jampolsky

The earth was once thought to be the cen­ter of the universe.

As we all know today, this is not true. But for mil­lions of years, only a tri­fle few would sus­pect any dif­fer­ent. How­ever, when Galileo proved Coper­ni­cus’ the­ory that the earth was indeed not at the cen­ter of the uni­verse, the door that for­ever changed the world opened. In the same way, our per­cep­tion of time has changed.

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“What’s money? A man is a suc­cess if he gets up in the morn­ing and goes to bed at night and in between does what he wants to do.“
– Bob Dylan

“There is only one suc­cess: To be able to live your life in your own way.“
– Christo­pher Morley

In truth, when one seeks an exter­nal form of suc­cess, what a per­son truly seeks is its essence such as hap­pi­ness, peace of mind, a sense of ful­fill­ment, and so on. What is suc­cess with­out any of these anyway?

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