Be very specific about what you want from life. This may be difficult for some of you. Especially if you are always working on others needs but your own. But as the Elvis song goes, "It's Now or Never". To set effective goals you need to be specific. Do...

Construct your determination with sustained effort, controlled attention, and concentrated energy. Opportunities never come to those who wait, they are captured by those who dare to attack. Paul J. Meyer

A rose must remain with the sun and the rain or its lovely promise won't come true. Ray Evans

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy. Ben Stein

When we lose the right to be different, we lose the privilege to be free. Charles Evans Hughes