Chapter 5. The Silent Scream—Why It’s So Damn Hard to Do What Matters

 

Those who do not know how to weep with their wholeheart don’t know how to laugh either.

 
 --Golda Meir
 

It’s like the Wizard of Oz. We’re looking for a wizard seeking a heart, a brain, courage, and the wizard says you already have these things. All you need to do is to use it. When you believe in your great indomitable self, then all things are possible.

 
 --Marva Collins

There are at least four good reasons (notice you always have good reasons) to feel sidetracked, intimidated, and diverted from building the life you want to create. Successful people told us that they’ve been given far fewer reasons to follow their dreams than reasons they should abandon them.

“Feels sometimes ...

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