The Mistake So Many* Make

What is the secret behind every tragic misstep on the path to success?

It happens right here: People believe their emotions have an external cause.

That’s it. That’s the only real problem.

– Steve Chandler

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Your emotions create your experience, the visceral, palpable real part of your experience.

You create your emotions.

(By what you think.)

Therefore . . .

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* Trust me, I make this mistake all the time too, but, mostly, I catch myself.

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