Quote of the Day

Change your thoughts and you change your world. - Norman Vincent Peale

I just need to post something since I haven't for a few days. Today is April 1, though this post will show up as a few days ago because I created it then, just by pasting the quote from that day in this thing. I thought about responding to the quote with some of my "philosophizing" but I don't really feel like it anymore. The quote is very George Kelly, however, who I am reading about today in preparation for the personality psychology test I need to take tomorrow. Kelly was the topic of class a few weeks ago, but why read it then when the test is still 2 weeks out? So here I am, reading three weeks of class material in 2 days in order to score a mid 70's grade on the test. This is how I do it. I've gotten a 90 and two 70's range grades on exams for that class so far. I don't think I ever worried much about grades, they have always come easily enough for me. Even in this class, my exam average isn't A material, but with the papers we've written I have an 87% for the class. With this final exam and the final paper it is possible that I could pull off an A- for the semester. Which is why I am putting some effort into preparing for this test. I don't care if I end up with an A or B in the class, so long as I pass it, which I will. When the possibility of an A is high, and the goal proximity is close, I am OK with changing my thoughts to change my world, and put some more effort into it...

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