The Tools: 5 Tools to Help You Find Courage, Creativity, and Willpower--and Inspire You to Live Life in Forward Motion

A few rare individuals refuse to live limited lives. They drive through tremendous amounts of pain—from rejections and failures to shorter moments of embarrassment and anxiety. They also handle the small, tedious pain required for personal discipline, forcing themselves to do things we all know we should do but don’t—like exercising, eating right,

To reiterate: as human beings we are given access to the infinite, but we have to work for it; it doesn’t come for free.

So it’s when you’re expressing yourself that you’re most in harmony with the universe.

The person in the picture has brought the Shadow out of hiding. It’s now outside the person and bonded with him. Speaking with one voice, they evoke the Force of Self-Expression.

Why is it so hard to get out of the Maze? We’re trapped because of a universal human expectation that the world will treat us fairly. This is a cherished, childish assumption—“If I’m good, the world will be good to me.” We should know better—the world violates this assumption every day.

A sense of purpose doesn’t come from thinking about it. It comes from taking action that moves you toward the future. The moment you do this, you activate a force more powerful than the desire to avoid pain. We call this the “Force of Forward Motion.”

Pillar 2: When it comes to spiritual reality, each of us is his own authority.

Philosophy is created by intellectuals who rarely ask themselves how to apply their ideas in real life.

This is the second cue: each time you catch yourself thinking about the dreaded task, stop thinking and use the tool.