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Notes & Quotes: Proof of Heaven by Eben Alexander III M.D.

The following are my favorite quotes from Eben Alexander III M.D.'s Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon's Journey into the Afterlife.

1. My experience showed me that the death of the body and the brain are not the end of consciousness, that human experience continues beyond the grave.
2. When you go to a place where there's no sense of time as we experience it in the ordinary world, accurately describing the way it feels is next to impossible. When it was happening, when I was there, I felt like I (whatever "I" was) had always been there and would always continue to be.
3. Om told me that there is not one universe but many -- in fact, more than I could conceive -- but that love lay at the center of them all.
4. To think of the Spinning Melody was to make it appear, and to long for the higher worlds was to bring myself there.
5. Love is, without a doubt, the basis of everything.
6. "The true value of a human being is determined primarily by the measure and the sense in which he has attained liberation from the self." - Albert Einstein
7. The penetration of the higher worlds tends to be a gradual process that requires that the individual release his or her attachments to whatever level he or she is on before going higher or deeper.
8. I saw the earth as a pale blue dot in the immense blackness of physical space. I could see that earth was a place where good and evil mixed, and that this constituted one of its unique features. Even on earth there is much more good than evil, but earth is a place where evil is allowed to gain influence in a way that would be entirely impossible at higher levels of existence.
9. Our life down here may seem insignificant, for it is minute in relation to the other lives and other worlds that also crowd the invisible and visible universes. But it is also hugely important, for our role here is to grow toward the Divine, and that growth is closely watched by the beings in the worlds above -- the souls and lucent orbs.
10. Our truest, deepest self is completely free. It is not crippled or compromised by past actions or concerned with identity or status. It comprehends that it has no need to fear the earthly world, and therefore, it has no need to build itself up through fame or wealth or conquest.
11. Even though I'd forgotten my life down here, I had remembered who I really and truly was out there. I was a citizen of a universe staggering in its vastness and complexity, and ruled entirely by love.
12. "There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn't true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true." - Soren Kierkegaard
13. I can tell you that most skeptics aren't really skeptics at all. To be truly skeptical, one must actually examine something, and take it seriously.
14. Our eternal spiritual self is more real than anything we perceive in this physical realm, and has a divine connection to the infinite love of the Creator.
15. "If you would be a real seeker after truth, it is necessary that at least once in your life you doubt, as far as possible, all things." - Rene Descartes
16. For all of the success of Western civilization, the world has paid a dear price in terms of the most crucial component of existence -- our human spirit. The shadow side of high technology -- modern warfare and thoughtless homicide and suicide, urban blight, ecological mayhem, cataclysmic resources -- is bad enough. Much worse, our focus on exponential progress in science and technology has left many of us relatively bereft in the realm of meaning and joy, and of knowing how our lives fit into the grand scheme of existence for all eternity.
17. Laughter and irony are at heart reminders that we are not prisoners in this world, but voyagers through it.
18. "I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be." - Albert Einstein
19. "Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others." - Cicero

Notes & Quotes: Your Move by Ramit Sethi

The following are my favorites quotes from Ramit Sethi's Your Move: The Underdog's Guide to Building Your Business.

1. The biggest failures aren't things you did. They're things you didn't do. Playing it safe is one of the biggest failures possible. The first step is learning to recognize it in every facet of our lives.
2. How can you achieve your goal if you're terrified of what you'll look like when you're successful?
3. 3 Surprising Rules of Money:
1. People pay me for the value I create.
2. The more money I make, the more value I can create.
3. Money is a marker that I'm doing the right thing.
4. It takes a lot of trust for someone to actually pull out their wallet and pay you money, because they believe you can help them solve their problems.
5. A huge part of your success in business comes from consciously choosing who you're attracting and who you're repelling.
6. Actually listening is the critical differentiator between a successful business with happy customers...and everyone else.
7. I already gave you the 4 simplest words you can use to get people to talk: "Tell me about that." Here are some other simple but effective questions to dig into their problems: What's going on? How do you think about this? How does it make you feel?
8. Here's an unexpected lesson I learned: The world wants you to be vanilla. They will always push you to look and act the same as everyone else. If your business is going to stand out and succeed, it's up to you to push back.
9. The greatest irony is that the moment you give in and start to conform is the same moment everyone else abandons you.
10. In a world full of websites and e-books and apps, the moment you look and sound like everyone else, you're dead.
11. Know the best practices, execute them. Then, when you understand the rules and why they exist, you can start to break them. But don't be different for the sake of being different.
12. Understand that people value what they pay for. You're not doing them a disservice by charging them, you're actually doing a profound service for the people who want to take action.
13. The fact is, some people will NEVER buy from you. Apologetic messages only seem to please the non-buyers. Their complaints poison the well for your real customers. Your real customers will be relieved that you have something worthwhile for them.
14. Pricing isn't just the sticker price. It informs your entire business.
15. If you're solving a problem that's important to people, AND if you have the credibility so that they believe you can solve it, then price become a mere triviality.
16. The right system is the linchpin that gives you total control over your life. Imagine waking up on a weekday, whenever you want. You take your time getting up, brew some coffee, and check your email. And you see received 10 sales...most for $497, a couple for $997, and even one for $1997... All while you were sleeping. This kind of revenue is life changing.
17. Life is always going to be messy. But the most successful people don't rely on "motivation" or "working harder" to get things done. Instead, they have systems for the big, big wins, and let the inconsequential stuff fall to the wayside.
18. The key is: Do the work before you NEED it.
19. Selling to anyone involves the same building blocks. To sell, you need to know four key things about your customers: their hopes, dreams, pain points, and fears.
20. Use the notes from your conversations in the same way. When you notice that a certain word or phrase keeps popping up, use that in a blog post, in an email, or on your website.
21. Storytelling is proven to help people learn and remember information.
22. Genuine selling starts with truly understanding the needs of your clients through surveys, conversations, and online research. Then you use that research to write engaging, inspiring stories. Lastly, you address why your clients want to change so they're motivated to take action.
23. There's no point in comparing ourselves to someone who's only marginally better, when could look 5 steps ahead and study what the best are doing.
24. Aim for 3-5 things per year to move all-in on. Things that take 100% percent of your time, money, and attention. We pick those 3 to 5 things carefully, and once they're picked, we expect success. We might not always win, but we play to win.
25. When you ask for a busy person's time for mentorship or advice, so that 1) you're serious and you've gone as far as you can by yourself, and 2) you've taken concrete steps to address whatever your needs are, and show how you can benefit them and their project.
26. If you're even slightly better than the average, you can easily stand out from amongst the masses.
27. How to Never Be Afraid of Failure:
1. Actually get better.
2. Reframe failure.
3. Prepare for failure.
28. You don't have to be a weirdo and track all your failures like me, but if you don't have 3 things you've failed at in the last 6 months, you've probably not trying enough.
29. The truth is, this is supposed to be hard. But if you compare yourself to what everyone else is doing, you're going to be stuck there forever for no reason at all.
30. Focus on what you can control, ignore what you cannot.