“No matter what it is you want to change -- your marriage, your financial situation, your weight -- you’ll never achieve lasting change until YOU change.  Once YOU improve, everything else around you will improve.  It’s important to understand that you don’t get in life what you want; you get in life what you are.  You will only achieve the level of success in your life that equals your level of self-worth.  When it comes to achieving your goals, remember that it is not your goals that need to be worked on; it is YOU.  You can only have, be or do what you feel you are worthy of.  The key is to raise your set point, or self worth, self-esteem, mindset, attitude, philosophy, and character.  When those get raised, everything in your life will be raised with them.”

- From Living Your Best Year Ever by Darren Hardy