Brian Tracy argues peace of mind is the highest measure of success, linked to better relationships, health, and productivity. He identifies attachment and needing to be right as what destroy it, then offers an exercise to replace negative thoughts with peaceful ones.
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Do you know what is the highest human good? The fact is that the very best measure of how successful you really are in life is determined by how much peace of mind you enjoy at any time. Peace of mind is the highest human good. Everything that you do is aimed at achieving your own happiness and a greater sense of inner peace and contentment. Peace of mind is essential for achieving good relationships with others. The more calm and at peace you are with yourself, the easier you get along with the most important people in your life. The greater peace you experience, the greater positive influence you have on others and the more easily they are persuaded by you. The greater your peace of mind, the more relaxed and positive you will be, the less stressed you will experience and the better will be your overall health. Most doctors agree that fully 85% of illness and disease is psychosomatic in origin. This is where psycho the mind makes soma the body sick. Many people solve their health problems by learning to become more calm, relaxed and positive about themselves and their world. The more you are at peace with yourself, the more friendly and confident you will be with everyone else. When you feel good about yourself on the inside, you do your work better and you feel take more pride in it. You become a better boss and co worker. The greater overall peace of mind you have, the more likely it is that you will earn a good living, save regularly for the future and ultimately achieve financial independence. The greatest disruptors of peace of mind are a sense of attachment and a desire to be right. When you release your attachment to any person or thing, all the stress and negativity involved with that person or thing disappears. The more you let go of your intense desire to have something turn out in a certain way, the more relaxed and positive you become. At the same time, when you lose your intense desire to be right about everything, you enjoy a greater sense of inner peace and contentment. The question is, do you want to be right or do you want to be happy? Now, here's an exercise for you. Decide today what would have to happen for you to be completely happy in every area of your life. Then select one action that you can take immediately to get rid of negative thoughts and replace them with thoughts of peace and joy. In the next message, you'll learn how to create a wonderful life for yourself.
