Every man is the sum total of his reactions to experience. As your experiences differ and multiply, you become a different man, and hence your perspective changes. This goes on and on. So it would seem foolish, would it not, to adjust our lives to the demands of a goal we see from a different angle every day? The answer, then, must not deal with goals at all. We do not strive to be firemen, we do not strive to be bankers, nor policemen, nor doctors. We strive to be ourselves. But don’t misunderstand me. I don’t mean that we can’t be firemen, bankers, or doctors... but that we must make the goal conform to the individual, rather than make the individual conform to the goal. Beware of looking for goals: look for a way of life. Decide how you want to live and then see what you can do to make a living within that way of life.

| Hunter S. Thompson

Ten Essential Questions to Guide You To An Extraordinary Life

1) Will this choice propel me toward an inspiring future or will it keep me stuck in the past?

2) Will this choice bring me long-term fulfillment or short-term gratification?

3) Am I standing in my power or am I trying to please another?

4) Am I looking for what’s right or am I looking for what’s wrong?

5) Will this choice add to my life force or will it rob me of my energy?

6) Will I use this situation as a catalyst to grow and evolve or will I use it to beat myself up?

7) Does this choice empower me or does it disempower me?

8) Is this an act of self-love or is it an act of self-sabotage?

9) Is this an act or faith or an act of fear?

10) Am I choosing from my divinity or am I choosing from my humanity?