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We are programmed as children to act and feel a certain way toward certain stimuli. Those programs keep running without interruption until what I call our moment of awakening. Before that, we’re all just asleep letting our programming run our lives

It took me a long time to come to terms with the idea that I had ambition. I felt guilty about it. Who was I to aspire to "rise above" my brothers and sisters or to aim to be "better" than anybody else?

Eventually you will gain deep clarity on what that one fear is for you and you will recognize proving and hiding in the small moments.

Will this take work on your part? Absolutely, but no more work than you’re probably doing right now in life. It just means a slight shift of focus. There’s a lot out there about how to be more productive and to do more with less time. That’s not what our focus here is. We’re not talking about doing more. The core of Yogananda’s teachings involve ta

You are probably ‘reactionary’ with issues, dealing with them as they come up.

It’s hard to figure out how to be great at what you do, in the way only you can do it, by focussing on what everyone else is doing.

Using ethnographic research in which researchers move in with consumers to observe their habits firsthand, they uncover need states

First, you should be able to gain their interest and trust. Then follow that up with structured advice, just as if you were sitting across from them in a coffee shop.

the distinguishing mark is the dictatorship of a bureaucratic caste.

It created a strong desire to live differently, but it didn’t show me how. All I had was the memory of the feeling inside.