The Strangest Secret – by Earl Nightingale #061

<blockquote> <p><strong>“We become what we think about.” — Earl Nightingale</strong></p> </blockquote> <p>In the world today, we’re drowning in information, but starving for wisdom. While the tools we use in our daily lives continue to change with advances in technology, the principles of success remain the same. In this episode, Brian introduces us to “The Strangest Secret” by Earl Nightingale, which was the first spoken word recording to sell more than a million copies. Earl explains how your thoughts determine your success, particularly if paired with a goal. You’ll learn why only 5 percent of people succeed, ways to overcome the plateau of security and how to put what you’ve learned into action in 30 days. By the end of the episode, you’ll be ready to harness your thoughts and change them for good.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:</strong></p> <p>“Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal.” — Earl Nightingale</p> <p>“The opposite of courage in our society is not cowardice; it is conformity.” — Rollo May</p> <p>“The only person who succeeds is the person who’s progressively realizing a worthy ideal.” — Earl Nightingale</p> <p>“A success is anyone who is doing deliberately a predetermined job because that’s what he decided to do deliberately.” — Earl Nightingale</p> <p>“Instead of competing, all we have to do is create.” — Earl Nightingale</p> <p>“Selling is the highest paid profession if we’re good at it and know where we’re going.” — Earl Nightingale</p> <p>“A man’s life is what his thoughts make of it.” — Marcus Aurelius</p> <p>“Everything comes if a man will only wait. I brought myself by long meditation to the conviction that a human being with a settled purpose must accomplish it and that nothing can resist a will that stay even existent for its fulfillment.” — Benjamin Disraeli</p> <p>“A man is what he thinks about all day long.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson</p> <p>“The greatest discovery of my generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering t