The common denominator of all people is the desire to be happy. In its simplest terms, happiness arises from the absence of negative emotions

Where there are no negative emotions, all that is left is positive emotions. Therefore, the elimination of negative emotions is your great business in life if you truly wish to be happy.

Anger is directed inwardly when you bottle it up rather than expressing it constructively to others. Anger is directed outwardly when you criticize or attack other people.

All negative emotions, especially anger, depend for their very existence on your ability to blame someone or something else for something in your life that you are not happy about.

It takes tremendous self-discipline for you to accept complete responsibility for everything you are, everything you become, and everything that happens to you.

It takes tremendous self-mastery for you to take complete control of your conscious mind and deliberately choose to think positive, constructive thoughts that enhance your life and improve the quality of your relationships and results. But the payoff is tremendous.

the easiest and most mindless behavior of all is for a person to lash out and blame someone else anytime anything goes wrong, for any reason.

People who develop the habit of automatically blaming often become angry at things.

Blaming inanimate objects when they do not function as expected is so silly that it almost becomes a mild form of insanity.

People become angry at doors that stick. They swear at tools they are using when they themselves make a mistake

Even if it is an inanimate object, if it doesn’t work perfectly, then the thing must be to blame. People will often kick a car that they are mad at or a box that they tripped over.

The Law of Substitution says that you can substitute a positive thought for a negative one. Since your mind can hold only one thought at a time, when you deliberately choose the positive thought, “I am responsible,” you cancel out any other thought or emotion at that moment.

It is not possible to accept responsibility and experience negative emotions. It is not possible to accept responsibility without becoming calm, clear, positive, and focused once more.

when you begin to accept responsibility for everything that happens to you, you transform yourself into a “mental adult.” You will see yourself as being in charge of your own life, and no longer a victim.

people who are having problems with drinking attend meetings with others going through the same situation.

This is true with almost every difficult situation in life in which you project your unhappiness onto other people or factors outside yourself.

Many of our biggest problems and concerns in life have to do with money: earning it, spending it, investing it, and, especially, losing it.

many of our negative emotions are associated with
money in some way.

the fact is that you are responsible for your financial life. You choose. You decide. You are in charge. You cannot blame your financial problems or situation on other people.You are in the driver’s seat.

You choose. You decide. You are in charge. You cannot blame your financial problems or situation on other people. You are in the driver’s seat.