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They have the power. The power to create or destroy. Create or destroy anything.

Any idea what they are?

Yes? No? Maybe?

I’m talking about the conversations. And, you know we are what our conversations are!

One of the most influential ingredient in the conversations is our choice. Choice of the words we use.

Below is an invitation for you to revisit your actions related to the below referred 12 words. Read through each of the word and the corresponding link which will take you to the source of inspiration.

1. Luck:Unless you want to chase exceptions in life, stop chasing luck!
2. Status Quo:Don’t let “status quo” hold you back
3. Complacency:Go ahead and replace complacency with hunger and watch miracles happen.
4. Mediocrity:Your life is a gift and it calls for a celebration. Living in mediocrity is simply not the way to celebrate it.
5. Indifference:If you know that you are indifferent to something important, you also know that it is hurting you NOW and it will hurt you LATER. You owe it to yourself to start doing something about it TODAY!
6. Impatience:Patience rules!!
7. Common Sense:“Uncommon sense” is scarce and if it was not, it would not be uncommon.
8. Failure:Whether you accept it or not, failure is an integral part of the game of life. You can’t change it. However, if you do accept it, you have a new source of power as you can bounce back quicker from your failures. This will instantly provide you with some “extra time” focus and further increase the chances of success in the near future.
9. Expert:When you love what you are doing, it does not seem like work. Continuing to build on your area of expertise is just that – doing what you really love to do.
10. Free Ride:Rather than looking for free rides, start looking to pay a premium for things that are valuable. You will see a lot more opportunities there.
11. Shortcoming:Winners don’t win because they don’t have any shortcomings. They do. They win despite having these shortcomings.
12. Shortcut:Forget about taking shortcuts in life. They are too costly in the long run.

The above excerpt is a part of a though provoking article series -Dirty Dozen- which Rajesh Setty wrote onActiveGarage recently. Rajesh is an entrepreneur, author and speaker based in Silicon Valley. He maintains another must visit blog called Life Beyond Code and tweets as @UpbeatNow.

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2. Everyday Status Meeting – An Absolute Project Killer
3. Bucket or Spoon?
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6. Write Your Goals Today And Achieve Them