Notes From a Friend

The Book In Three Sentences

• “The past doesn’t equal the future. It’s in the moment of decision that your destiny is shaped”.
• “Whatever you think about most you’ll experience”.
• “The fastest way to change how you feel about anything is to change what you’re focusing on”.

The Five Big Ideas

• “Almost all the changes we want to make fall into one of two categories: either we want to change the way we feel about things, or we want to change our actions”.
• “You can change anything in your life today by changing your perceptions and changing your actions”.
• “Your past does not equal the future”.
• “The key to success is to decide what’s most important to you and then take massive action each day to make it better, even when it doesn’t look as if it’s working”.
• “Ultimately, it’s our decisions, not the conditions of our lives that determine our destiny”.

Notes From a Friend Summary

• “Almost all the changes we want to make fall into one of two categories: either we want to change the way we feel about things, or we want to change our actions”.
• “The only thing that’s necessary to make this work for your right now is to begin to believe that it is possible to change. The past doesn’t matter. Whatever hasn’t worked in the past has nothing to do with what you’ll do today. What you do right now is what will shape your destiny.”
• “You can change anything in your life today by changing your perceptions and changing your actions.”
• “Often the reason that people say they can’t do something is that they’ve tried things in the past that haven’t worked.”
• “Your past does not equal the future.”
• “What matters is not yesterday but what you do right now”.
• “The key to success is to decide what’s most important to you and then take massive action each day to make it better, even when it doesn’t look as if it’s working.”
• “Personal power means being persistent in taking action: Every time you do something, you learn from it, and you find a way to do it better next time.”
• “No problem is permanent. No problem affects my entire life. This too shall pass if I continue to take massive, positive, constructive action.”
• “Massive, consistent action with pure persistence and a sense of flexibility in pursuing your goals will ultimately give you what you want, but you must abandon any sense that there is no solution.”
• “God’s delays are not God’s denials.”
• “Success is the result of good judgment. Good judgment is the result of experience. Experience is often the result of bad judgment.”
• “The power of decision is the power of change.”
• “Ultimately, it’s our decisions, not the conditions of our lives that determine our destiny.”
• “The only way to change your life is to make a real decision.”
• “You can choose what to believe about yourself, and these beliefs will determine the actions you take.
• “The fastest way to change how you feel about anything is to change what you’re focusing on.”
• “The reality is whatever you focus on you move toward.”
• “Whatever you think about most you’ll experience.”
• “We all most realise that emotion is created by motion.”
• “When you choose a metaphor to describe your life or your situation, you choose the beliefs it supports, too.”
• “The harder you prepare, the luckier you seem to get.”
• “Before something happens in the world, it must first happen in your mind.”

The people who overcome the odds and turn their lives around make three powerful kinds of decisions every day:

• What to focus on
• What things mean
• What to do

The Problem-Solving Questions

• What is great about this problem?
• What is not perfect yet?
• What am I willing to do to make it the way I want it?
• What am I willing to no longer do to make it the way I want it?
• How can I enjoy the process while I do what is necessary to make it the way I want it?

Other Books by Anthony Robbins

• Awaken The Giant Within: How to Take Immediate Control of Your Mental, Emotional, Physical and Financial Destiny
• Unlimited Power: The New Science of Personal Achievement

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