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Take Charge of Your Life
The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.
—Franklin Delano Roosevelt
â–  THE GREAT TRUTH
“You can learn anything you need to learn, to accomplish any goal you can set for yourself.” This principle offers a way for you to take com- plete control over your future. When I was young and struggling, failing and frustrated, this principle came along to change my life.
Generally speaking, no one is smarter than you, and no one is better than you. Just because someone is doing better than you doesn’t mean that he is better than you. It usually means that he has just learned how to succeed in his particular field before you have. And whatever someone else has done, you can probably do as well. There are few limits.
This is not an easy rule, but it is definitely simple.You, too, can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal you can set for yourself.
Once I learned this idea, I was unafraid to change jobs, and even industries. I learned how to sell advertising, investments, automo- biles, and office supplies. I worked in real estate sales and leasing,