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Something deep&#8230; Something very profound starts to happen to my thinking that solidifies the fact that success does matter.<\/p>\n<p>But it matters to everyone in different degrees&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I mean think about it for a minute&#8230; No matter what reason you give for not succeeding you will find someone who has overcome that very thing. Whenever you give a reason outside of yourself for failing, you give power to that very thing.<\/p>\n<p>And that dilutes your power.<\/p>\n<p>Everything you do either helps or hurts, there is nothing that is\u00a0neutral. Your thoughts are cause in motion. Positive\/Productive thoughts have a cause and so do Negative\/Non-Productive thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>The key is to try and keep yourself in a positive vibration as often as you can.<\/p>\n<p>I also want to leave you with this thought.<\/p>\n<p>These lyrics come from a song called &#8220;How You Live&#8221; by Point of Grace:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Make peace with God and make peace with yourself<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2018Cause in the end there\u2019s nobody else&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When you are working in harmony with your strengths and your true being, which is more powerful than you could possibly imagine, you are truly living a successful life.<\/p>\n<p>When we are face to face with our maker, any excuse we give for not living up to our potential will be just that and as far as I surmise there will be no jury to take us off the hook.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s to your LifetoSuccess,<\/p>\n<p>John Clark<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Make sure to pass this on to anyone you know who can use this information and make sure to visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.habitbustingsystem.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.habitbustingsystem.com<\/a>\u00a0and start to make this a habitual way of acting today!\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you think about success and the due diligence necessary to make a successful life, what does it really matter? I often think about this and I always return to the same conclusion&#8230; It does matter! 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