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A little courage
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A little courage goes a long way. Act with a little courage and you gain greater respect from others and from yourself.

With even a little courage you experience how to summon courage, how to make use of it. That opens up a whole range of new possibilities.

Every little act of courage gives you added confidence and inspiration to live with even more courage. And it can spill over into the people around you.

Remind yourself that there’s more to life than just passing the time in comfort and certainty. Step forward with courage, taste a little bit of adventure and you’ll find yourself seeking more.

The world can be harsh and unpredictable. Yet with courage you can embrace reality for all it is and follow a pathway to goodness, value, and fulfillment.

Exercise a little courage here, a little courage there, and discover how well it resonates. The adventure that is your life deserves the all courage you can give it.

— Ralph Marston

One healthy, positive habit leads to other healthy, positive habits. And those additional habits, in turn, reinforce the original habit.

A small improvement in your trajectory enables you to notice, appreciate, and implement other improvements. In this way, minor changes put you on the path to major gains.

The experience of making a real and positive difference, no matter its size, activates in you the desire to do it again. Accomplishment feels good, and that makes you eager for more.

Big, ambitious goals are admirable, yet they can also be intimidating. Before setting off to change the whole world, it’s a good idea to accumulate experience improving your own little corner of it.

Ask yourself, what’s the smallest improvement you can make in your life that you’ll actually stick with? What positive habit can you add right now that you’ll continue to practice day after day, month after month?

Identify a small but deeply meaningful change you can make in your trajectory, and make it. Over time, that small change has the power to lead you toward greatly improved outcomes.

— Ralph Marston

Do what must be done
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Don’t avoid it, or worry about it, or construct elaborate excuses. Just go ahead and do what must be done.

Liberate yourself from self-imposed privation, disillusion, and lethargy. Energize your spirit, activate your skills, shake off the guilt and hesitation, and do what must be done.

Reward yourself with the fulfilling experience of being an active participant in your world, your life, your forward progress. Invigorate your awareness of all the good things that are possible by watching yourself as you make a real difference.

Today’s clock is already ticking away. Before another moment vanishes forever, begin to transform the fleeting time into enduring value.

Do what you know are the essential, beneficial, enriching things to do. Do what you are certain you would regret if you failed to do it.

Grab the opportunity of right now by pushing yourself into action. Live life in the most meaningful and rewarding way possible by doing what must be done.

— Ralph Marston

There are plenty of places, near and far, you’ve never been to. Choose one and pay it a visit.

There are all sorts of people you have never met. Make it your business to get to know one of them.

Life is filled with points of view you’ve never considered, disciplines you don’t understand. Devote some meaningful time to explore a few of them.

Is it worth even a few minutes to hear someone express the same opinion for the one hundred and forty seventh time? See if you can spend those minutes instead being surprised anew by the richness and variety of life.

What’s along the road you’ve never walked down? What enjoyable and fulfilling experiences do you not even know you’re missing?

Don’t let your spirit be imprisoned by the seduction of all that’s comfortable and familiar. Though you’ll never experience all there is to experience, you can always keep moving in that rewarding direction.

— Ralph Marston