TOP 8 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE BOOK - “CHOOSE YOURSELF”

1. Look Within

▪️ The only real fire to cultivate is the fire inside of YOU. Nothing external will cultivate it.

The greater your internal fire is, the more people will want it.

2. The Magic of Rejection

▪️ The only truly safe thing you can do is to try over and over again. To go for it, to get rejected, to repeat, to strive, to wish.

Without rejection there is no frontier, there is no passion, and there is no magic.

3. Expand your Frontiers in Every Direction 

Success comes from continually expanding your frontiers in every direction creatively, financially, spiritually, and physically.

Always ask yourself:

▪️What can I improve?

▪️Who else can I talk to?

▪️Where else can I look?

4. Think Only About the People You Enjoy

"Only read the books you enjoy, that make you happy to be human. Only deal with the people who love you back, who are winners and want you to win too."

5. Just Say No

Every time you say yes to something you don’t want to do, this will happen: 

▪️ You will resent people, you will do a bad job, you will have less energy for the things you were doing a good job on, a smoke signal to the future saying, “I did it again".

6. Train it Every Day 

The idea muscle must be exercised every day. Even if you've come up with ideas every day of your life, it will atrophy if you give it a two-week rest.

7. A Method for Getting Your Subconscious to Work on an Idea

Your Subconscious mind is 30,000 times more powerful than your conscious mind.

Write down your routine. Make it as detailed as possible And ask yourself, 

▪️ "What can you change today?" 

▪️ "How can you change it?"

8. Move Forward

Don't get stuck in the same rut—move forward, experiment, but with the confidence built up over experience. Change the rules but learn them first.

You can't improve if you don't know what you're doing wrong.