Eric Thomas
Unbroken
You can’t connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future
You have to trust in something: Your gut, destiny, Life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your heart, even when it leads you off the well-worn path
And that will make all the difference
(Steve Jobs)

Your time is limited; so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice
You’ve got to find what you love. And that is as true for work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do
If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking, and don’t settle
Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition
They somehow already know what you truly want to become
(Steve Jobs)

That you’re gonna have some ups and
You’re gonna have some downs
Most people give up on themselves easily
You know the human spirit is powerful?
There is nothing as powerful. It’s hard to kill the human spirit! Anybody can feel good when they have their health
Their bills are paid, they have happy relationships
Anybody can be positive then
Anybody can have a larger vision then
Anybody can have faith under those kind of circumstances
The real challenge of growth mentally, emotionally
And spiritually, comes when you get knocked down
It takes courage to act. Part of being hungry
When you have been defeated
It takes courage to start over again

Fear kills dreams. Fear kills hope
Fear put people in the hospital
Fear can age you
It can hold you back from doing something that you know within yourself that you are capable of doing, but it will paralyse you

At the end of your feelings is nothing
But at the end of every principle is a promise
Behind your little feelings, it might not be
Absolutely nothing at the end of your little feelings
But behind every principle is a promise
And some of you in your life, the reason why you’re
Not at your goal right now, cause you just all about your feelings
All on your feelings, you don’t feel like waking up, so who does?
Everyday you say “no” to your dreams, you might be pushing your dreams back a whole six months, a whole year!
That one single day, that one day you didn’t get up could have pushed your stuff back, I don’t know how long
Don’t allow your emotions to control you
We are emotional, but what you want to begin to
Discipline your emotion. If you don’t discipline and
Contain your emotion, they will use you

You want it and you’re going to go all out to have it
It’s not going to be easy, when you want to change, it’s not easy
If it were in fact easy, everybody would do it
But if you’re serious, you will go all out

I’m in control here. I’m not going to let this get me down
I’m not going to let this destroy me. I’m coming back
And I’ll be stronger and better because of it
You’ve got to make a declaration
That this is what you stand for
You’re standing up for your dreams
You’re standing up for peace of mind, you’re standing up for health. Take full responsibility for your life
Accept where you are and the responsibility
That you’re going to take yourself where you want to go
You can decide that I am going to live each day as if it were my last. Live your life with passion. With some drive
Decide that you’re going to push yourself
The last chapter to your life has not been written yet, and it doesn’t matter about what happened yesterday
It doesn’t matter about what happened to you
What matter is what are you going to do about it

This year I will make this goal become a reality
I won’t talk about it anymore. I can. I can! I CAN!
To persevere I think is important for everybody. Don’t give up, don’t give in. There’s always an answer to everything