ADVICE TO THE APATHETIC
If You Blame Your Enemies For Your Burdens
And They Are Impervious To Your Plight
Your Conditions Will Not Change
Until You Take Charge Of Your Thoughts

Looking For A Scapegoat
Every Time You Experience A Setback
Is A Sign That You Are Stupid

When You Reduce Your Role
In Your Own Self-Improvement Plan
Your Growth Will Become Retarded

A Person Who Expects To Succeed
Without Encountering Any Opposition
May Discover Too Late
That His Dreams May Never Develop

A Perfectly Pathetic Person
Who Is Unfaithful To Himself
Has Very Little Chance Of Choosing
Between His Progress And Self-Pity

A Continuing Reliance On Excuses
To Explain All Of Your Inadequacies
Can Inhibit Your Advancement

It Is Hard To Maintain
A High Opinion Of Yourself
If Your Self-Esteem Is Lowered
By Your Own Unproductive Acts

It Is Hard To Take A Strong Stand
To Protect Your Self-Respect
When Your Knees Are In The Sand

An Individual Who Voluntarily Submits
The Management Of His Affairs
To The Enemies Of His Self-Interests
Forfeits His Freedom Freely

Meticulously Measuring Yourself
By The Strange Standards Of Others
Ties The Estimates Of Your Self-Worth
To The Whims Of Mortal Men