American author, philosopher
The greater your number of self-congratulations, the lower the number of people who agree with you. – Alan Robert Neal
You are either complaining or appreciating, so if you think you’re doing neither, it’s the former. – Alan Robert Neal
He was bright enough to be clever but too undisciplined to be intelligent. – Alan Robert Neal
The best way to prevent repeatedly echoing past mistakes is to operate as if your emotional pathology is always in play unless proven otherwise, not vice versa. – Alan Robert Neal
The behavior you choose when denied what you want could be the reason you’re not getting what you want. – Alan Robert Neal
When you select the “It’s just who I am” rationalization to excuse a stupid action, then who you are is an idiot. – Alan Robert Neal
Do not take any advice… from any person… on any topic… in which that person’s success and happiness is not greater than yours. – Alan Robert Neal
If you only want advice with which you agree, go to yourself. – Alan Robert Neal
If you want something you don’t think you deserve, not getting it makes YOU feel right, and getting it makes IT feel wrong. – Alan Robert Neal
The benefit of choosing self-responsibility, over blaming someone else, is that you have an in with the person who can do something about it. – Alan Robert Neal
Those who consistently succeed are faithful to their personal formula for success, while those who consistently fail relentlessly cling to their personal formula for failure. – Alan Robert Neal
Your choices have more consequences than your impulses. – Alan Robert Neal
Our greatest growth emerges from what we stop indulging. – Alan Robert Neal
It’s tempting to use lack of knowledge as an excuse. For instance… Want to learn how to relax? You could wait until you can find the time to take meditation classes, or you could sit down right now and pet your dog for thirty minutes. – Alan Robert Neal
We should never criticize ourselves for how long it took to learn a lesson. We should just be thankful that we learned it. – Alan Robert Neal
He was the most content person they had ever met – surely more than them – but that didn’t stop them from suggesting what they thought he should do differently. – Alan Robert Neal
My generosity stems from not treating my renewable resources as finite; my stupidity from treating my finite resources as renewable. – Alan Robert Neal
To obstruct advice, just trick the advice-giver into having the wrong conversation. If I pretend I think pizza is good for me, you’ll uselessly discuss nutrition. But, if I admit to knowing it’s not, you’d know to address my lack of discipline. – Alan Robert Neal
Three problems with trying to be perfect: It’s unachievable; it won’t retroactively resolve your childhood issues; and, everyone resents “perfect” people. – Alan Robert Neal
Karma is just cause and effect, where the connection between the two is distant enough to not notice, forget, or lie about. – Alan Robert Neal
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