3Attitude

If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.

—Woody Allen

Life isn’t always what you plan on. You can create a blueprint for how you think or how you would like for things to go in your life, but you can’t expect that the universe is going to follow that plan.

To become successful, of course, you must have some plans. There has to be a strategy in place. It’s not like you’d ever take a road trip without using a map of some kind. (Wait, you would? Then Chapter 4 is one chapter you need to pay special attention to!) But not everything you’re going to encounter can be found on your map. A fresh detour, a jackknifed tractor-trailer that causes a backup that adds hours to your journey—on your road trip, these are things you ...

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