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TRAPPED. Its not because you are making the wrong decisions. Its because you are making the right ones. We try to make sensible decisions based on the facts in front of us. The problem with making sensible decisions is that so is everybody else.
Source: Paul Arden, Whatever You Think Think the Opposite
I WANT. Making the safe decision is dull, predictable and leads nowhere new. The unsafe decision causes you to think and respond in a way you hadnt thought of. And that thought will lead to other thoughts which will help you achieve what you want. Start taking bad decisions and it will take you to a place where others only dream of being.
Source: Paul Arden, Whatever You Think Think the Opposite
ARE YOU BEING REASONABLE? Most people are reasonable; thats why they only do reasonably well.
Source: Paul Arden, Whatever You Think Think the Opposite
THE AGE OF UNREASON. Old golfers dont win (its not an absolute, its a general rule). Why? The older golfer can hit the ball as far as the younger one. He chips and putts equally well. So why does he take the extra stroke that denies him victory? Experience. He knows the downside, what happens if it goes wrong, which makes him more cautious. The younger player is either ignorant or reckless to caution. That is his edge. It is the same with all of us. Knowledge makes us play safe. The secret is to stay childish.
Source: Paul Arden, Whatever You Think Think the Opposite
[If you are a brilliant listener who rarely interjects the speaker will think you are brilliantbecause he will have been listening to himself.]
Source: Paul Arden, Whatever You Think Think the Opposite
DONT STAY TOO LONG IN A JOB. FIRED? ITS THE BEST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN TO YOU.* (*You hated your situation anyway.) DONT GO TO UNIVERSITY. GO TO WORK.* (*Going to university
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SIMPLY CHANGE YOUR LIFE. The world is what you think of it. So think of it differently and your life will change.
Source: Paul Arden, Whatever You Think Think the Opposite
The best piece of advice ever given was by the art director of Harpers Bazaar, Alexey Brodovitch, to the young Richard Avedon, destined to become one of the worlds great photographers. The advice was simple: ASTONISH ME. Bear these words in mind, and whatever you do will be creative.
Source: Paul Arden, Whatever You Think Think the Opposite