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If you want something you have to MAKE IT HAPPEN. No excuses. Take responsibility for your life. You have to push, push, push, and NEVER quit.

If you`re going to play the game, you have to know the rules.

I think the message of this book, which grandfathered most modern self-help, inspirational, and motivational books, is that commitment to a goal is fundamental. Passion is an emotion, and more of a response, but commitment is an intellectual choice. Without that long-term, disciplined, total commitment, nothing much else will happen unless by luck.

We "feel" excited about something, and so we might analyze that something. If it`s intellectually and analytically a good idea, we make a judgment. That judgment is an evaluation---an emotion. Depending on the rest of what`s going on in our lives, the emotion may elevate to the level of a passion.

Additionally, a passion is toward an idea, where as a feeling is toward a tangible thing. TAGR is about the alignment between mind and feeling, commitment and long-term discipline.

No, I have little interest in falling into platitudes---mantras---and certainly, I see almost no connection between TAGR and "The Dip." Godin`s book is about determining if or when to "cut your losses," through a complex set of analyses.

Think and Grow Rich uses the example of the gold mine, only as an example of how it may be premature to give up. Unfortunately, the book doesn`t examine the appropriate time to give up, and actually proposes there`s no point to ever giving up. However; it`s still only a minor aspect of the book, per sé. The major aspect is this belief that sheer mind power will totally rearrange all of reality.

Godin would never suggest that mind power alone is all that`s necessary to overcome "The Dip."

Actually, I was saying that YOU were saying that inspite of TAGR`s, message you still have to know when to walk away (at least that`s what I understood you saying) and I felt the Dip also suggested knowing so...

Ah...okay, I get it. :-) I got caught on the "citing" and "mantra," which implies that I and others, including Godin, are espousing some mindless sort of repetitive rule.

Better late than never...

I`m currently reading TAGR for the second time...as part of a Bob Proctor Life Success Mastermind Group.

And I am getting so much more out the book this time around because of the questions and discussion points that come up.

The main thing I personally get from this book - and reading the success stories of other entrepreneurs - is that we each have the potential to acheive anything if our desire, belief in self and persistence are strong enough. Something that DefMall pointed out in an earlier post.

For me, the book encourages pursuit of what we really want from life -- and that even though we may have to change our plans for achieving it, we should never give up on the actual goal.

As to when or when not to quit - that is a challenge I`ve had for many years. But the more I begin to rely on intuition, the more I seem to personally get that decision right.

I think it`s important we recognise that with these type of books - just like the Bible, Quoran, Torah, etc - the reader will get out of it what they expect to. None of these books can account for every eventuality in life.

I also believe that because life is a growth and learning process, the best these books can offer us is some tools to guide us on our journey.

And just like schooldays -- it`s not the text book that will decide who gets an `A` or `F` grade. All else being equal, it`s really going to be down to how well the student studys, understands and makes use of the material.

This book is awesome.

That`s all I feel needs to be said.

They say "Art is Subjective", and well...

this book either speaks to you, or it doesn`t.



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