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Whatever situation you\u2019re in, it\u2019s not the actual situation that determines your life. It’s your\u00a0response\u00a0<\/em>to it.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

That means you have got to practice being the wizard, the one who goes with the flow… the one who is attraction-based… the one who is able to allow things to unfold, who is patient… the one who breathes a lot and maintains their happiness no matter what chaos is going on<\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

If you are one of the millions of people out there who derives your satisfaction and happiness from how well you\u2019re doing, you will not be a happy person for a lot of your life \u2014 because then you’ll have the type of mind that is always looking for what\u2019s wrong, so ultimately you cannot win.<\/p>\n

I was one of these people who derived a lot of my happiness from my success. When I play golf, for example, I\u2019m not really all that successful. The funny thing is that golf’s important to me, and I\u2019m working on it the best I can, but I find myself stressed out playing golf. Why is that? It\u2019s supposed to be an enjoyable game.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s because I want to do well, and if I don\u2019t do well I\u2019m not happy with myself. It\u2019s the same thing with business and every other part of your life.<\/p>\n

About three weeks ago, I played golf. In golf you play 18 holes. There\u2019s a front nine and the back nine. On the back nine, I played better than I had in 20 years. I thought, \u201cWow! Who is this guy playing all of a sudden?<\/em>\u201d Everything I was doing was working.<\/p>\n

At the end of it I was happy, but then right away my mind went into thinking, \u201cThis isn\u2019t going to last. You\u2019d better get ready for disappointment, because next time it isn\u2019t going to be so easy. It took 20 years to have a round like this.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Of course, the next time I played I wasn\u2019t quite as good, and I was not happy again. I thought to myself, \u201cI should just give up this game. It\u2019s really stupid. It\u2019s not good for my back.\u201d <\/em>I started to make myself crazy.<\/p>\n

This is what everybody tends to do. It\u2019s not \u201cthe golf.\u201d It\u2019s me.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m going to give you a principle that will instantly create happiness in your life…<\/p>\n

If you can grow yourself to a person that is bigger than any of your problems, you\u2019ll be a happy person.<\/strong><\/h2>\n

If you can grow yourself to the person that is the wizard, a person who succeeds with elegance and joy \u2014 you will be a person that is bothered by very little.<\/p>\n

If you can be that kind of person that is bigger than any of your challenging moments or roadblocks, and instead,\u00a0use<\/em> them to help you learn and grow, then you\u2019ll have the biggest success of life, which is to grow yourself to the best version of yourself \u2014 the best version of yourself in business, money, relationships, and your health. If you can grow yourself to that level, you will be successful at anything<\/em> you do.<\/p>\n

Highly successful\u00a0<\/em>people are bigger than their problems while unsuccessful people are smaller than their problems.<\/p>\n

Now I want you to think about something for a moment\u2026<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re still with me, then maybe you can handle what I\u2019ll call the truth for most people. Most people just can\u2019t handle it. However, I believe reading this lesson in the first place puts you into a class of people that can.<\/p>\n

I want to ask you a hard question:<\/h2>\n

What are you really like when life gets hard? What do you do or not do when the going is not so good?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Successful people dig deep and do whatever it takes, and I mean whatever it takes, to succeed.<\/p>\n

Successful people make goals<\/a> and take action when life becomes hard.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

They finhttps:\/\/blog.harveker.com\/2-questions-to-live-your-ultimate-lifed solutions and put\u00a0<\/span>systems<\/span>\u00a0into place so they can overcome problems, learn from them, and spend more time on the things that are really important to their life.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

What do unsuccessful people do? They do what they always do when it gets hard. They quit, give up and say, \u201cThis business is too hard. This company has this problem. The product has this problem. If I went over there to that other company or business, then I could really succeed.\u201d\u00a0<\/em>It\u2019s the old \u201cthere<\/em> is better than here<\/em>\u201d excuse. In other words, the grass is greener.<\/p>\n

But here\u2019s the reality, my friends, like it or not: If you can\u2019t make it here, you won\u2019t make it there or anywhere else.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s not about the other company or business. It\u2019s about the you that\u2019s going to either be bigger or smaller than any challenge life has to give you \u2014 happy and successful or side-railed by inevitable bumps along the way. The choice is always yours.<\/p>\n

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Tell us what you think by commenting below. Share your experiences of overcoming what seemed like insurmountable odds at a time in your life. What was the trigger or catalyst for you growing bigger than the challenge? Share your story; we want to hear from you!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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