You Can Do It (Mason, 2003)

even if others say you can't

From the Back Cover
Change the way you think . . . and you can change your life. In You Can Do It--Even If Others Say You Can't, bestselling author John Mason powerfully shows that your past does not equal your future. He offers you inspirational truths in bite-size pieces, making them easy to remember and apply to life's issues, big and small. You'll learn how to change your way of thinking and focus on the fact that there's much more good in store for you than you may think. You don't have to feel trapped by your circumstances. You can live a fruitful and fulfilling life, believing that God will provide the means to accomplish the impossible. And the best part is, you can start right now. John Mason is a bestselling author, minister, and speaker, and the founder and president of Insight International and Insight Publishing Group. His many books, including An Enemy Called Average, have sold more than one million copies.

p.58 The truth is, if you find a path with no obstacles, it is most likely a path that doesn't lead anywhere important.

p.78 Often it is merely a lack of imagination that keeps a person from his potential. Thinking of new ideas is like shaving: If you don't do it every day, you're a bum. Start and maintain a constant flow of new, exciting, and powerful ideas on which you act immediately.

Continually frustrate tradition with your creativity and imagination.

The opportunities of man are limited only by his imagination. But so few have imagination that there are ten thousand fiddlers to one composer. - Charles Kettering

p.80 Look at things not as they are but as they can be. Vision adds value to everything.

p.98-99 There is a master key that unlocks life's possibilities. Dreams are good, but not good enough... Goals are good, but not good enough. There's... only one way to transform them into a reality. The pursuit... Pursuit changes everything. It captivates your heart, increases your momentum, unleashes focus, and brings astonishing results... The world makes room for a person on a pursuit.

p.138-139 Make a daily demand on your creativity. Everything starts as somebody's daydream. All people of action are first dreamers. The wonder of imagination is this: It has the power to light its own fire. Ability is a flame; creativity is a blaze. Originality sees things with fresh vision... We should observe the future and act before it occurs.

p.145 We don't need more strength, ability, or opportunity. Use what you have.

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