Your moment to act

You'll be amazed at how much you can get done if you'll just get busy and do it. You'll be amazed at how much progress you can make if you'll just get started and then keep going.

Worrying, blaming, speculating, resenting, second-guessing and regretting won't get anything accomplished. Action is what makes things happen.

Complaining about how little time you have will take even more time away from you. So just simply accept that time is limited, and make full use of it.

If you wait until conditions are perfect, you'll be waiting forever. Go ahead with the way things are, with what you have, and get busy creating new value.

You are surrounded by great abundance. Yet in order to benefit from that abundance, you must make positive and diligent use of it.

Stand up straight, take a deep breath, put a smile on your face and get busy making good things happen. This is your moment to act, and to lift up the world.

-- Ralph Marston

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Hooked on success

Celebrate your achievements, no matter what their size. Feel how great it feels to take focused, disciplined action and to make something happen.

Use each small success as motivation to create more success. Be so truly thankful for what you've done that you are compelled to do much more.

It feels so good to know you've made a difference. Get yourself addicted to that feeling.

Get yourself hooked on positive, meaningful success by treasuring and valuing and celebrating every accomplishment. The more thankful you are for what you've done, the more motivated you'll be to do it again.

Let yourself feel great about it, and enjoy that delightful feeling. You'll be well on your way to making it happen again and again.

-- Ralph Marston

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Get going quickly

As soon as you make a decision, do something about it. Lock in your commitment with immediate action.

Your decisions flow from your inner purpose. Harness the immense power of that purpose by acting on those decisions without delay.

At the moment you decide to do something positive and fulfilling, your passion is fully engaged. Keep that passion burning by acting on it right away.

While you're intimately in touch with the reasons why, begin to work on how. Use your motivation to jumpstart your actions, and then your actions will increase your level of motivation.

Instead of wondering how you'll get it done, start experimenting to find what works best. Know right away how great it feels to be making positive progress.

You've chosen to move forward, so there's no reason to delay. In fact there is every reason to get going quickly and to keep going strong.

-- Ralph Marston

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Here to there

You can get from here to there. In fact, you've already begun the journey.

You can live the life you envision. So fill that vision with sound and color, with texture and rich detail.

Right now, as the result of what you are doing, you are going somewhere. Choose to make it somewhere you truly want to be.

The fulfillment of your dreams may seem to be a long way off. And yet, even in this very moment you can feel the joy of living those dreams.

Get busy and get on your way, for the path stretches out in front of you. Keep yourself inspired and in motion with your vivid imagination of how it will feel to arrive.

You know you can get from here to there, and you know how truly fulfilling it will be. Already, you're making great progress.

-- Ralph Marston

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Think highly enough

Think highly enough of yourself to make wise and effective use of this day. Remember that every moment you fill is your own, precious, irreplaceable time.

Think highly enough of yourself to diligently follow the goals you have set. Now is your opportunity to make real progress.

Respect and honor the values you hold by expressing those values with the way you live. Be true in each action to your highest vision.

The way you live right now is the way you truly are. The fulfillment you experience is the fulfillment you create today.

Your thoughts, your words, your actions and feelings are always creating the substance of your life. Now is when you can create for yourself the best you can imagine.

Think highly enough of yourself and your possibilities to live with positive purpose and passion. This is your life and this is your time to make it great.

-- Ralph Marston

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Do it well

In whatever you do, do it well. When you make the effort, give your best to it.

You cannot cheat life, so don't bother trying. If you compromise your integrity, it will quickly drain away and you'll always regret the loss.

When you do what you do, do what is right. Even though you think no one will ever know, you will always know.

You will know, and that makes all the difference. For real confidence comes from a job well done, and confidence is worth more than gold.

It doesn't have to be perfect, though the closer you can get, the better. What you must always do, in whatever you do, is your best.

The quality of what you experience in life depends on the quality of what you give to life. Make it good, make it right, make it honest, and add real, lasting value to your world.

-- Ralph Marston

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You deserve the best

If you can come up with an excuse for not taking action, you can also find a compelling reason to go ahead and take that action. If you can find a reason to quit, you can also find a good reason to keep going.

Are you skilled and experienced at making yourself miserable? Turn those skills around and make yourself motivated, inspired, effective and fulfilled.

Do you spend lots of time getting little or nothing accomplished? Just by making more productive use of that time you have the opportunity to achieve great things.

Are there mistakes that you've made in the past? By learning from those mistakes, and making more positive choices, you can vastly improve the results you get.

Every day, you utilize powerful skills and tap into abundant resources to bring to your life those things you think you most deserve. So what exactly do you think you deserve?

Choose to see that you deserve the best. For you already have what's necessary to make it happen.

-- Ralph Marston

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What you can achieve

If you're not overwhelmed with enthusiasm for the goal, make it bigger. Make it so big and so compelling that you cannot avoid thinking about it and working on it day after day.

If you find yourself complaining that it's too difficult, the real problem could be that it's not meaningful enough. You can change that.

Everything you do requires effort and some level of commitment. So make that effort and commitment count for something that's truly important to you.

Set your sights on an objective that will positively pull you toward it. Choose something that will keep you excited and enthusiastic and focused on achievement.

Give your life and your efforts a clear, solid, meaningful direction. Give yourself a compelling reason to persist through every challenge.

Envision a goal so valuable and desirable that you cannot help but work toward it every day. And be truly amazed at what you can achieve.

-- Ralph Marston

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Your best possibilities

Stop trying to prove to the world how bad things are. Start showing the world how great things can be.

From the very same place where you've been sliding backwards, you can begin to move ahead. Whether you're in a good place or a bad place depends entirely on where you choose to go next.

Where your passion and attention are consistently focused, is where your life will go. Focus on the positive possibilities that excite you the most.

Don't let your excuses continue to hold you back. Allow your effective and purposeful actions to move you forward.

You don't have to save the whole world in a single bound. Small steps, taken again and again, will accomplish far more than any grandiose scheme.

Now is the moment you're living, and now is the moment to give your very best to life. Yes, you can do it, so choose right now to find real joy in living your best possibilities.

-- Ralph Marston

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Remind yourself why

If you're not making much progress, it's time to give yourself a boost. Remind yourself why.

Remind yourself why you chose the path you are on. Remind yourself why you selected the priorities that you now follow.

Perhaps it is time to focus on a new destination. Or perhaps you could simply use a good, clear reminder of what's truly important to you.

It can be all too easy to get caught up and dragged down by the day-to-day business of life. Take time to regularly give yourself the benefit of the big picture.

Take time to treasure the things you treasure. Admire, appreciate and be inspired by all that is beautiful to you.

The best of what can be is yours to create and experience. Remind yourself why, and make it so.

-- Ralph Marston

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Uniquely you

Your most important job is to be you. There are contributions you can make, and gifts you have to give, that no one else can duplicate.

You have a perspective that is unique and valuable. Share the insights and energy that come from that perspective.

You have feelings and longings that flow from the core of who you are. Express those feelings and fulfill those longings in your own special way.

There is great treasure in your authenticity. There are beautiful possibilities that spring from the genuine person you are.

Through you, life experiences itself in a way that is unique and special. Live true to the best of who you are.

Let your own bright and distinct light shine. Use this opportunity to make a difference in a way that only you can do.

-- Ralph Marston

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Turn around

When you discover that you're feeling negative, you have two choices. You can feel even more negative about the fact that you're feeling negative, or you can choose to turn your thoughts around.

When you've suffered a defeat, you can make it even worse by beating yourself up about it. Or, you can use it as a positive inspiration to turn yourself around and move forward in a more effective way.

The moment you realize you've strayed from the path, use that realization as a clear and compelling signal. Use it as a signal that it's time to re-commit to the original goal and get yourself back on track.

Sure, it's unfortunate that you've temporarily lost your way. But there's no reason to add to that misfortune.

In this moment, you can choose any direction, no matter what has just happened. So choose a positive, empowering direction that will bring out the best in you.

This is your opportunity to act with renewed determination and purpose. Turn around, and get yourself going forward again.

-- Ralph Marston

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Make the decision

Go ahead and accept the fact that the decisions you make will not always be perfect. Then, go ahead and decide.

Indecisiveness can create enormous spans of wasted time. Indecisiveness encourages procrastination and sows the seeds of despair.

Gather the best information you can, and give it some honest, objective thought. Then, go ahead and decide which way to go.

That way, you can spend your time actually getting it done. You can focus your energy, and begin creating real results.

Sometimes you'll have to change course because you failed to make the best decision. But occasionally having to change your approach is much better than being continually paralyzed by indecision.

Is there something you've been putting off because you can't decide what to do? Now is a great time to show confidence in your own reasoning power, and to go ahead and decide.

-- Ralph Marston

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Allow the possibilities

Every day is a good day. What can you do today to prove it?

Every situation is an opportunity. See the ways to make the most of it.

Don't struggle against the pains. Instead, allow the possibilities.

Allow your best possibilities to take root and flower. In this moment right now is rich, fertile ground.

The more you complain, the more reason you have to complain. The more you take positive action, the more fully you can shape your whole world into a beautiful and fulfilling place.

Reach in and feel the faith you have in the best you can imagine. Today is a great day to bring it to life.

-- Ralph Marston

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Live in love

You have the ability to love. And from that ability comes every ability.

Love can transform your most painful burden into your richest blessing. Stop fighting against what is and begin to love what you know you can be.

Live in love, and you live with power. Live in love, and enable the best within you to know full expression.

Love keeps you focused on what truly matters. Love keeps you going against all odds.

Let go of worry, anxiety, anger and frustration, and love is there. It shines more brightly than ever.

Live in love. And you live in full.

-- Ralph Marston

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Committed

Today, you are committed to something. What is it?

Are you committed to just getting by, to just getting through the day with as little effort as possible? Or are you committed to something greater, something magnificent and exciting and fulfilling?

Whatever you're truly committed to, is exactly what you'll achieve. Whatever you're truly committed to, determines the kind of life that you lead.

Within you is a vision that longs to be brought to life. It's a vision that deserves your full commitment.

Commitment to your most profound vision is not easy, and will ask much of you. Yet you know it is the best choice.

Make that choice, make that commitment to the best that's within you, again and again, each moment of each day. And the life you create, your own life, will be nothing short of outstanding.

-- Ralph Marston

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Letting it be

Be at home where you are, wherever it might be. Be at peace with what is happening, no matter what it is.

By all means change things for the better. Remember though, to begin with where you are.

Instead of fighting against what is, put your energy into creating the best of what can be. Instead of denying or resenting what has been, put it to use in moving forward.

Put yourself in your most powerful state by fully accepting the circumstances you're in. Join in the flow of life's massive abundance by seeing what is and letting it be.

There is great goodness in this moment. Let go of judgment, let go of anxiety, and see that goodness.

The power to do anything is present in this moment, in this place. Let it be, as it is, and it will be yours.

-- Ralph Marston

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Your time

Yesterday was a great start. Today, you can do even better.

What you've done up to this point is impressive. What you can do now is phenomenal.

You've put great time, effort, pain and sacrifice into becoming who you are. Now is when you can harness all that value to become the best of who you can be.

Feel the goodness and the rightness of your past accomplishments. You are here to make a difference, and when you do, you know without a doubt that you're connected to your deepest purpose.

The warm sun shines, the cold wind blows, and life offers new joys and challenges with each dawning day. Through it all, no matter what, you can offer your own unique value in return.

Learn from the disappointments and build on the successes. This is your time to fulfill your best possibilities.

-- Ralph Marston

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Be ready

Nothing is more frustrating than to see the perfect opportunity come along and not be able to seize it. That opportunity will surely come, so get ready and be ready.

Instead of looking for opportunity, work for it. Make the effort to be the person who has what it takes to make the most of the opportunity you seek.

Don't merely wish for opportunity. For if that's all you do, you won't even recognize opportunity when it is right in front of you.

Consider what opportunity will ask of you. Then get busy and get yourself in a position to deliver exactly that.

Be ready, and the opportunity you seek will come. Be ready, and when that opportunity comes, you can tap into its immense value.

Work and prepare as if the ideal opportunity is headed your way. Because when you do, it is.

-- Ralph Marston

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Forgive and feel the strength

Weakness in another person can be contagious. One very good way to catch that weakness for yourself is with resentment.

And the best way to avoid taking on the weakness of others is with forgiveness. Forgiveness frees you to be strong and to look forward.

What others may have said or done or failed to do cannot be changed now. What you can do now is to begin moving beyond the pain with sincere forgiveness.

With forgiveness, you are no longer a victim. With forgiveness, you take control of your own destiny.

Forgiveness does not mean that you support or endorse what happened. Forgiveness means that you are bigger than what happened, and confident enough to move on past it.

Forgive, and stop poisoning your own life with the past transgressions of others. Forgive, and feel the strength of your own integrity.

-- Ralph Marston

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A little bit of success

A little bit of success gets you enthusiastic about making even more success. So what can you do right now to create just a small, but meaningful success in your life?

A tiny step forward is, after all, a step forward. And there are plenty of ways, in every moment, to take just a tiny step forward.

Every time you make a difference, your confidence grows. This day is filled with opportunities, both big and small, to make a difference.

Success in one area of your life spills over into all the other areas of your life. When you feel yourself being effective, that makes you even more effective.

So even though it may not solve your biggest problems right away, take that next opportunity to make a difference. Build yourself some positive momentum.

The most enduring opportunities come in small doses, one moment at a time. In this very moment, there's one for you that's waiting to be claimed.

-- Ralph Marston

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Your potential

There is no limit to your potential. For there is no limit to what you can imagine, and whatever you can imagine, you can bring into your life.

Yes, there are very real hurdles to whatever you attempt. And in some way or another, you can get yourself over every one of them.

When you imagine limitations, they become real. Instead, focus your imagination on the positive possibilities, and focus your efforts on making them real.

Think of all the things, once considered to be impossible, that are now commonplace. Always remember that when there is a good enough reason, there is a way.

In every moment, you are making progress in one direction or another. Choose to use those moments, as they come, and focus your efforts to fulfill the great potential that is yours.

Feel the unique potential that is your life. Give your own special beauty to the world.

-- Ralph Marston

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Difficult and beautiful

Life can be very beautiful and life can be very difficult. Learn to appreciate the beauty so much that the difficulties cannot bring you down.

The way to deal with life's difficulties is not to avoid them. The way to successfully deal with those difficulties is to overwhelm them.

Be more persistent than your most persistent problems. Use your creativity, your flexibility, your ingenuity and your passion to make your way forward no matter what.

Treasure the beauty in even the smallest, most seemingly insignificant things. Connect with the abundance that is woven through every fiber of life.

See each moment as an opportunity to make a small difference. Those small steps you make forward will soon add up to create big results.

Life can at times be difficult, but so what? The immense beauty and possibilities for joy are worth far more than all the troubles combined.

-- Ralph Marston

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Create a reward

Create a reward for yourself, and then go get that reward. Give yourself something to look forward to, and let it motivate you.

Make it a wonderful, inspiring reward. Make it rich and exciting.

When you're working your way toward something delightful, nothing can get you down. When you have something to look forward to, you'll do whatever is necessary to get yourself there.

With a clearly defined objective, it's easy to figure out what to do next. Eager anticipation fills you with powerful and effective enthusiasm.

If you have trouble getting yourself moving, take a fresh look at what you're moving toward. Give yourself a good enough reason, give yourself a desirable enough reward, and plenty of motivation will naturally come.

Create a reward you can truly and enthusiastically look forward to. And let it get you moving.

-- Ralph Marston

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When you've had a setback

When you've had a setback, ask yourself this. What is it attempting to tell you?

Often the setbacks can turn out to be very fortunate occurrences. Because they prevent you from going any further down a dead-end road.

Setbacks force you to re-evaluate your strategy. And that will invariably lead to a much more successful strategy.

When you've had a setback, challenge yourself to find the positive message in it. Challenge yourself to find a more effective way to move forward from it.

Use it as an opportunity to step back and get some perspective. Use it as an opportunity to renew your commitment and realign with your purpose.

See each setback as one more step on the path to achievement. Then get back on that path, for success is closer than ever before.

-- Ralph Marston

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