Self Improvement requires work

My favorite self improvement author is Christian Larson. He proves that ANYONE can achieve anything they desire.
But you have to first, put your mind to it. You can ultimately achieve that which you put your positive
thoughts and creative energies into. You don't have to WORK hard, but you need to THINK hard.

Remember, if you constantly have negative thoughts, your life will have negative results.
Dark thoughts? Dark Life!

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SomeMichGuy · M

I agree with programming oneself more positively...but to say that

[quote]ANYONE can achieve anything they desire[/quote]

is simply ludicrous.

One might [i]start[/i] along "any" path, but the enemy will be *time*.

DogMan · 61-69, M

@SomeMichGuy Well, I can only speak for myself, and what I accomplished overcoming
difficult odds, by using my mind in a positive, useful way. If a person believes from the beginning
that they can't do something, it guarantees, that they WILL NOT. You have already defeated yourself
by saying it is Ludicrous. But you are free to make that choice.☺️

SomeMichGuy · M

@DogMan No.

Think about it.

If a person at 70 says that they want to be rich, President of the US, Pres. of a major corporation, an engineer, a doctor...

it CRUCIALLY depends upon what they already have accomplished.

If they have no STEM training, and were not good at math or science in school, the time necessary to acquire the background to even *begin* to work on an engineering degree is a big obstacle. The person would need remedial math and some science would help, then they need calculus (three terms; this depends upon algebra, geometry, and trigonometry), and ordinary differential equations (one term; this depends upon calculus and algebra and imaginary/complex numbers)...a year of engineering physics with a lab...a huge list of requirements for engineering (depth in your field, breadth across engineering, so many units of math & science, so many units of analysis and synthesis)...BESIDES fulfilling the institution's requirements for an undergraduate degree.

That time alone could mean you won't be able to make it.

Similarly for medicine, a business education.

If "rich" means "billionaire in US dollars" where you *are* at 70 *financially* also has a bearing on it.

Politics...starting at 70 can be done, but again it is hugely dependent on where you are in terms of your knowledge, etc.

Can your outlook help you? Yes.
Can it guarantee the specific results you seek? No way.

And to say

[quote]You don't have to WORK hard, but you need to THINK hard.[/quote]

LOL If you believe that you can become an engineer without hard work, please do so. Sounds like he's another salesman of the "law of attraction"...not gravitational or electrical...but...yeah.

I'm sure his "proof" is not an actual proof.

DogMan · 61-69, M

@SomeMichGuy Fine, a 70 year old is not going to be POTUS. But he sure as hell
can improve himself. You seem to work real hard. I too have worked hard for the past
45 years of my adult life. But I would never have achieved what I have if I had a negative
attitude, and told myself I couldn't do something. EVERYTHING Starts in the mind.