# Your Best Year Ever

## Metadata
- Author: [[Michael Hyatt]]
- Full Title: Your Best Year Ever
- Category: #books
## Highlights
- If our habits of thinking are beneficial, we tend to experience positive results, such as happiness, personal satisfaction, even material success. If our habits of thinking are counterproductive, however, we often experience the opposite: unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and the nagging feeling that the deck is somehow stacked against us. ([Location 332](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0741CYBHK&location=332))
- Our beliefs play a massive part in how we approach life. We tend to experience what we expect. ([Location 351](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0741CYBHK&location=351))
- Because our expectations shape what we believe is possible, they shape our perceptions and actions. That means they also shape the outcomes. And that means they shape our reality. ([Location 361](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0741CYBHK&location=361))
- One of the biggest reasons we don’t succeed with our goals is we doubt we can. ([Location 369](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0741CYBHK&location=369))
- It’s sad, but the greater the number of setbacks we’ve experienced in life, the less likely we are to believe we can prevail. Doubt is a goal toxin. ([Location 374](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0741CYBHK&location=374))
- The first key difference between an unmet goal and personal success is the belief that it can be achieved. ([Location 420](https://readwise.io/to_kindle?action=open&asin=B0741CYBHK&location=420))