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Mind Gym

by Gary Mack

Rating: 5/10

Date read: 2025-07-22

ISBN: 9780071395977

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Everything gets interpreted. Pressure is in the brain of the beholder. Learn to view pressure as a challenge to meet rather than a threat of defeat.

“He said my weaknesses would stand out like a neon sign.

Goals are dreams with time lines. Turn your vision into action with goal setting. Seek progress rather than perfection.

If you are of legal age and drink alcohol, follow Knute Rockne’s rule: Drink the first, sip the second, and refuse the third.

Procrastination is a part of perfectionism in some people. Those who procrastinate don’t do anything. By not doing anything, they can’t fail. It’s an inhibiting, self-defeating cycle.

Learn how to fail successfully. Hate to fail but never fear it. Learn to view failure as feedback.

Failure can be a better teacher than winning.

Limits begin where vision ends. You have to see yourself as a no-limits person.

Be willing to take a risk. Remember, there is no security in life. There is only adventure.

Visualize success and give yourself permission to win.

Find your passion and make it happen. Be on a mission and live your life on purpose. Be motivated by your desire to achieve rather than your fear of failure.

God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference.

But sooner or later the man who wins Is the man who thinks he can.

“If you don’t think too good, then don’t think too much.”

It has been said that thoughts become words. Words become actions. Actions become habits. Habits become character. Character becomes your destiny.

The more you hurry the later you get. When you find yourself rushing you are no longer in the present. Pace instead of race.

Ask yourself this: Are you better than your stuff? No. So just trust it.