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 NICHOLAS BOOTHMAN
 6. If something is meant to happen to me there"s not much I can do to change it. Or is there?
Can"t change it 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Can change it
7. I can't do much to change the world because powerful people make all the decisions. Or can I make a difference?
Can"t do much 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Can make a difference
Total your score. If your answers add up to more than forty, that"s wonderful. If not, go back and reflect on the fact that you alone decide your entire life and consider how you might take steps in your own life to do this.
That's where these ten easy ways come in handy.
1. Speak Up
It can be scary to insert yourself and express your opinion, but when you speak up, others take notice of you, what you stand for, and what you have to say. When you don"t speak up you remain invisible.
Professor Thomas Harrell at the Stanford Business School spent twenty years looking for !success factors”. His research revealed the number one identifiable predictor of future success across all areas to be something he called
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