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parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few books to be read
wholly, and with diligence and attention.”
I myself was guilty of feeling the need to read every book I picked up from
beginning to end. I soon found that not only did my reading pile become
unmanageable but I began to enjoy the pastime of reading less. Once I decided I
would be more selective about which books I actually completed, I not only got
through more of them, I found I learned more from each one.
If you find that after reading the first three chapters of a book, you have not
gained any worthwhile information or that the book has failed to keep your
attention, do yourself a favor: put the book away and make better use of your
time (like reading the next book in your pile).

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79.
Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself
It is easy to spend much of your days beating up on yourself for past mistakes.
We analyze that relationship that failed and relentlessly review all the things we
did wrong. Or we look at that business decision that cost us so much and dwell
on the things we could have done right. Once and for all stop being so hard on
yourself. You are a human being and human beings have been designed to make
mistakes. As long as you don’t keep making the same errors and have the good
judgement to let your past serve you, you will be on the right track. Accept them
and move on. As Mark Twain wrote, “we should be careful to get out of an
experience only the wisdom that is in it—and stop there; lest we be like the cat
that sits down on a hot stove lid. It will never sit down on a hot stove lid again—
and that is well; but also it will never sit down on a cold one anymore.”
Coming to the realization that we all make mistakes and that they are
essential to our growth and progress is liberating. We lose the need to be perfect
and adopt a saner way of viewing our lives. We can begin to flow through life
the way a mountain stream flows through a leafy forest, powerfully yet
gracefully. We can finally be at peace with our true nature.
An excellent way to rise to a higher level of enlightenment and personal
wisdom is to make a list of the ten biggest mistakes you have made in your life
on the left-hand side of a page within your journal. Then, on the righthand side,
write down the corresponding lessons you have learned from every mistake and
the benefits that actually flowed into your life as a result of those so-called
failures. You will soon see that your life would not be as rich and colorful
without the mistakes of your past. So be gentler to yourself and see life for what
it really is: a path of self-discovery, personal growth and lifelong learning.

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