01Undatedwe are entitled to a great life – that somehow, somewhere, someone (certainly not us) is responsible for filling our lives with continuous happiness, exciting career options, nurturingfamily time, and blissful personal relationships simply becausewe exist. But the real truth – and the one lesson that all thesuccess principles I have learnt are based on – is that there is onlyone person responsible for the quality of the life you live. Thatperson is you.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
02Undatedour tomorrow isshaped by the choices we make today, consciously or unconsciouslyDerric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
03UndatedHow we feel (emotions) determines what we do (our actions/behavior) which directly determines the results manifested inour life.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
04UndatedAll pain, pleasure and self-limitation either originate in theconscious mind or is accepted uncritically from an outside source.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
05UndatedThe most important thinganyone who is looking at a career, especially students, can do is toremember that strengthening and developing your employ-abilityis your personal responsibility.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
06UndatedIf you don’t take control of yourcareer development, it’s highly unlikely that anyone else will!Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
07UndatedThe best way to prepare for life is acombination of formal traditional education, reading, seminars,and workshops, coupled with experience as well as tapping into the knowledge of experienced people.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
08UndatedMany self-help teachers say that our schools only focus on “preparing today’s youths to get good jobs by developing scholastic skills.” They think that’s a bad thing. It’s probably the right thing. Not everyone is suited for entrepreneurship, as statistics seem to suggest. Even future entrepreneurs usuallyneed to begin as employees to get their starting capital and tolearn while they work.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
09UndatedThe difference between successful and unsuccessful people isn’t really aboutresources that were available to them when they started out, Instead its their resourcefulness or personal initiative that makes the difference.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
10UndatedYour self-esteem and emotional strength relies solely onhow you think and how you see things around you.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
11UndatedA client of mine once joked, “If youremployer likes you, the rest is history, the raise and everythingelse will come.” That intangible attitude in the workplace is whatsets apart those who get promoted and those who don’t.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
12UndatedWork and Life are not separate spheres. They are integratedmoments in life that happen throughout the day.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
13UndatedThe idea that “work” competes with “life” ignores that “life” is actually the intersection and interaction of four major domains: work, home, community, and the private self.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
14UndatedOur life is an odd mixture of different moments of action andinaction, work and rest.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
15UndatedPersonal growth is the most powerful force for change on earth. I believe that personal growth can help anyone change anything.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
16UndatedAs someone said, inthe School of Hard Knocks they give the test first, then thelesson. That is a slow, costly and surely painful way to learn.Unfortunately, it’s the only “school” that teaches many thingsyou need to know.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
17Undatedalways keep in mind the paramount importance of living a balanced life with emphasis on nurturing strong friendships and family ties, while still doing the things that you find rewarding for reasons other than mere monetary income.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
18UndatedOnly once you believe that success is possible,then success becomes possibleDerric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
19UndatedFirst, it is essential to determine precisely what you wantto achieve. Just wanting to be “successful” is too general.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
20UndatedI have learned its the most difficult thing to become financially free from earning the minimum wage. So even if employees increase the minimum wage its the same thing. But once employees improve on their skills and personal value their wages go up and then financial freedom is posible.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
21UndatedOur perceptions of reality are only a relationship to what is actually out there. Perceptions are influenced by context, by previous life experience, and by our tendency to seek outevidence to confirm our expectations. This drive to confirm, asargued by social physiologists, results in what is known as self fulfilling prophecy.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
22Undatedwhen you are a child you unconsciously adopt certain beliefs. Yet, there comesthe necessity to upgrade these beliefs as you grow older.Derric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
24UndatedIf you want to live an exceptional life, you must move beyond probability into the realm of possibilityDerric Yuh Ndim / quote ↗
