THE ROAD TO A

BETTER LIFE

THE SECRETS OF A FULFILLED LIFE, A WINNING

MENTALITY AND PERSEVERANCE!
ZAMFIR ION-DANIEL
TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABOUT ME  1-2

OBJECTIVES 3

NEVER GIVE UP 4

WORK & COURAGE 5

THE POWER OF 6-7
SUBCONSCIOUS
MIND

MOTIVATIONAL
SAYINGS TEN GREAT 8-9
ONES

SUCCESS LESSONS
FROM BASEBALL 10-11
ENTHUSIASM AND
EXCITEMENT CAN
MAKE THE
DIFFERENCE

SELF IMPROVEMENT
AND SUCCESS GO 11-12-13
HAND IN HAND
About me 
 
My name is Zam r Ion-
Daniel and I am only 22
years old, I say "only",
because you will
probably think that I am
too young to give life
advice, but nding out
what life is like today,
we can learn a lot even
from a child of 4 years or
a similar age, and I hope
that although you may
think I am too young to
give life advice, at the
end of this book you will
look at the situation
from a di erent
perspective, considering
that everyone has
something to "teach " to
those around us, and we,
the others, are the
students who, according
to their own will, listen
and learn something, or
just don't do it.
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I start this book out of the
desire to achieve
something, to try and
succeed in one way or
another, thinking that
whatever I do, it is ideal
not to stop, to think of
solutions and alternatives
that will be useful to me. ,
that something will still
appear, something that
will help me reach the top,
the place where I aspire
and where I will de nitely
reach.
There are moments of
frustration, as if you give in
believing that there are no
more solutions, but then
you see how better days
appear, and this is actually
what should awaken in us
not only a ray of hope, but
a multitude of rays, to
improve us and bring us
face to face with reality,
life as it is, that which, no
matter how di cult, has a
purpose, every passing day
must be lived as best as
possible, without negative
thoughts, without too
many unnecessary
thoughts , about
something or someone
that doesn't make sense in
our minds and in our lives!
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But the weights did not
disappear completely,
followed the recovery
period after the
operation, then the
training that would be
extremely heavy, pain,
injuries,
disappointments and
teams that refused me,
but I found my place,
and I worked hard for to
get where I want to be,
and I still work to have a
good and happy life with
my family.
 
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And the reason I dare to
give advice is because so
far I have gone through
some health problems,
after I was in a coma due
to an infection in my blood
at the age of two, and then
at the age of 14 I su ered
the rst heart operation
due to an inherited
problem and with which I
was born, surgery what
failed, losing 5 years of
doing what I wanted most,
football, years in which I
continued to ght, with
crises that needed medical
intervention, with pills and
a lot of stress, many tears
and many sleepless nights.
My escape came in 2017, at
the age of 19, when I had
the chance to do a second
operation, in another city,
many kilometers from
home, but surgery and
nancial sacri ces from my
parents who would bring
me peace and the pleasure
of playing football, getting
rid of pills, hospitals and
cumulative stress.
 
 So, from my experience as
a football player and as a
man who has gone through
some di culties so far, I
bring you my advice on
what you need to succeed
and not give up no matter
what we encounter on the
road to success, whether
we are talking about sports
life or everyday life.
So, I will show you what life
has taught me and how I
think we can have a better
life if we manage to
improve our way of
thinking.
OBJECTIVES
Set Goal
In order to succeed, you
have to set a goal, the goal
di ers from individual to
individual, but reaching the
top is the choice we should
all have, and you can
succeed and achieve your
goals only if you aim as
high as possible , no matter
how small the steps are.
Setting a goal keeps your
mind focused and every
time you feel less well, the
thought should lead you to
the goal you set for
yourself, so you will
continue to do what you
really want.
Your goal, regardless of the
sport you practice, is the
thing that keeps you on the
right track, and the thing
that doesn't let you deviate
from the path you have set
for yourself, so be rm and
don't forget your purpose.
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Win a Game
Whether you want to score
a goal, make a successful
slam dunk or go rst in the
marathon, do everything
you can to win, the winning
mentality is what we all
need, and in sports it is the
most necessary factor,
without an iron mentality
everything will be harder.
The athletes of the world
are successful due to the
winning discipline and
mentality, and I do this
every day to achieve my
goal.
It seems easy to say, for
some people it is di cult,
there are injuries or other
di culties, but what gives
you satisfaction is the fact
that no matter how small
the steps, YOU do not give
up and win!
Hit your Target
We have reached the point
where we all want to reach,
reaching the goal, but here
we have arrived only
because we do not give up,
because we are advancing,
whether we make it harder,
but we do it, because in
fact everything is here, in
do not let yourself down,
and overcoming all
obstacles you will
persevere, you will face life
and you will be more
satis ed and proud of
yourself and your work.
This is an indescribable
feeling, especially when you
come back after less
pleasant periods, whether
we are talking about
injuries, unplayed matches,
physical problems,
disappointments due to
the results and much
more.
NEVER GIVE UP
Motivation
"I always felt that my
greatest asset was not my
physical ability,it was my
mental ability." - Bruce
Jenner
So, the words coming from
people like Bruce Jenner
who is an Olympic medalist,
are advice, words, that help
us in life and give us hope
that we too can succeed if
we have the right mentality,
because we can do
anything, we can do things
unimaginable, and once we
put our fear aside,
everything will be much
easier.
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Keep on Moving
Keep on moving, this is the key to success, once we have
created our goal and impregnated our winning mentality
in our minds, all we have to do is move forward, because a
little progress is always better than no progress and if you
think you can do it, your mind will do it.
"The di erence between impossible and possible lies in a
man's determination" - Tommy Lasorda
So determination, discipline and the winning mentality put
aside the impossible, making it possible from the moment
you set in your mind the idea that you can do it,
everything is extremely simple and we all have the ability
to do all this, and what is wonderful is that sport is health,
a healthy mind brings you a healthy body, and all this
brings you a ful lled life, a life to be proud of and to enjoy
with more desire, and in fact , if your life is this way, I
consider that you have reached a very high level of well-
being, calmness, ful llment and happiness, all at once, just
repeat in your mind every day that you can do that thing,
that you are capable and that you are a winner, so your
mind will develop harmoniously for the bene t of you and
those around you, and sports life will also be successful.
Keep on moving!
 
WORK & COURAGE
Work Hard
Without work we can't do
much, there are times when
we have to work smart, and
there are times when we have
to work hard, but always, our
work will be the one that will
bring us satisfaction, the
satisfaction that we have
done something, that we have
achieved something and the
reward for our work will bring
us joy, whether we are talking
about the heavy training that
led to rst place in the
standings, the nights lost due
to the pain that later passed
and brought you victories in
the swimming pool, or the
lost matches at the beginning
of the championship they
brought you the trophy at the
end, all these are moments
that de ne success, you can't
win without losing, and if you
know how to face and accept
failure, victory is just a step
away and with it the
satisfaction of your work!
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Courage
"I learned that courage was not
the absence of fear , but the
triumph of it " - Nelson Mandela 
Courage is the thing that gives
you wings, it's the hand that
pushes you from behind and it's
the emotion that doesn't hold
you in place, that actually opens
your eyes, opens your mind and
lls your body with adrenaline. It
is the thing without which we
would stagnate, and we would
not advance in life, we would not
make progress, because without
courage, fear takes its place, and
once fear is established, our life
has acquired barriers that stop
us from taking advantage of life,
from experiencing everything
possible.
Courage opens your way, makes
you take advantage of
opportunities and makes you
not regret that you did not do a
certain thing, but on the
contrary, you are proud that you
tried and in the end you are
de nitely left with a lesson
learned.
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The Power Of Your Subconscious Mind

Scientists say that we only use 10% of our minds. Think about what I just said. We use
only 10% of our minds! We are wasting the other 90%. Think of it this way….what if we
only used 10% of our salary? Could we survive on 10% of our salary? No way, unless your
Bill Gates. What about eating only 10% of the food we make? Wouldn’t that be a waste of
food? What if we slept only 10% of 8 hours or 80 minutes a day? Could we survive? What if
we had only 10% of the oxygen that was available? Could we survive? The answer to all
these questions is a resounding NO!
So why do we put up with using only 10% of our brain? Look at your life. Are you living the
life you want….on your terms? Are you happy with what you’ve created or do you think it
could be better? Chances are that you are living to only 10% of your abilities. What if you
could make your life 100, 500, or 1,000% better? I can hear you now saying…”That’s
impossible” or “that’s too hard to do.” If you did say that, you’re repeating the same
pattern in your life, which is you are using only 10% of your brain or less.

If you’re happy with using just the 10% of your brain then stop reading now. If you’re not
satis ed and want to be able to use the rest of it then keep reading. Think about the
greatness you can achieve by using your entire mind. There have been a number of great
teachers of using the mind, such as Napoleon Hill, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Maxwell Maltz
and many others. These men knew the secret to using the power of your mind and how
to tap into it.
I’m here to tell you that you currently posses the most powerful tool in the
Universe….your SUBCONSCIOUS MIND. Your subconscious mind knows everything. It has
all the answers if you just use it correctly. It can lead you to a life of harmony, wealth,
health, joy and success! This is possible with all aspects of your life.

It’s not your fault. You were never taught how to use your mind. The past is over and
today can be a new start. It doesn’t matter what happened before today, what matters is
what happens from today on. You must believe in your subconscious mind and know
that it can allow you to lead a life of joy and success.
Let’s start o with a very simple procedure. Use your subconscious mind as an alarm
clock. Before going to bed at night, tell it what time you want to get up. Let’s say you want
to wake up at 7:00am. Before going to bed, tell your subconscious mind to “wake me up
at 7:00am” and while saying this visualize a clock that reads 7:00.

The rst step in changing your life is to start making impressions on your subconscious
mind. You can so this by making a rmations as well as thinking certain thoughts. For
example, let’s say you want to attract money in your life. You can simply repeat these
words “I am wealth and success”. Repeat these words several times a day. It’s best to say
them in the morning when you get up and right before you sleep. This is when your mind
is in an alpha state. When saying them, make sure you really mean them and focus on
the words. Don’t feel it’s a chore or else it will not do you any good. You can also say
them while meditating.
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This can work for anything. Make sure the a rmations are positive and not stating the
negative. For example, if you want to quit smoking, don’t say “I don’t smoke”. Instead say
“My lungs are pure and healthy and I am cigarette free.” “I am” are two of the most
powerful words in the English language.

Also, it’s very important to think positively, don’t say to yourself, “I’m just never lucky” or
“I’m just meant to be poor.” Think the opposite, “I am lucky” or “Things always work out to
my favor” and I am wealthy and successful.” If you have trouble believing yourself when
you say them then change them to become more believable. You can start small or say “I
am becoming wealthy.”
If you need help with a problem or are in a situation where you have to make a tough
decision and don’t know which is the best for you. Ask your subconscious mind for help.
Let’s say you are contemplating two separate job o ers and you are having trouble
deciding between the two. Ask your subconscious mind for help by asking it. You may say
something like “In nite wisdom of my subconscious mind, I ask for your help in deciding
what is best between these two job o ers, I ask for your help and guidance in making a
decision that is best for me.”

Be still and listen to your subconscious mind. Close your eyes if need be and do not force
anything to come to you but just be still and listen. If the answer doesn’t come right away,
that’s ok. It’s probably searching for the answer and it may take a little bit of time. But, I
assure you, the answer will come…..maybe the next day or next week. You just need to be
alert and have your antennas up. The answer may come from something outside of you,
perhaps after you wake up. You may be clear in your thoughts on what to do. You may
read or hear something that may enlighten you on what to do. You may receive your
answer by running into a friend and he may say something that may help you decide. Just
be patient and do not get frustrated and think too much about it. By doing so, you are
delaying the answer form coming to you.

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Motivational Sayings Ten Great Ones

Why read motivational sayings? For motivation! You might need a bit, if you can use last
year’s list of goals this year because it’s as good as new. All of us can bene t from
inspirational thoughts, so here are ten great ones.
“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is
what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are.” – Dale
Carnegie
“Do not wait; the time will never be ‘just right.’ Start where you stand, and work with
whatever tools you may have at your command, and better tools will be found as you go
along.” – Napoleon Hill
“What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies
within us.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Some men see things as they are and say, “Why?” I dream of things that never were and
say, “Why not?” – George Bernard Shaw
“A small trouble is like a pebble. Hold it too close to your eye and it lls the whole world
and puts everything out of focus. Hold it at a proper distance and it can be examined and
properly classi ed. Throw it at your feet and it can be seen in its true setting, just one
more tiny bump on the pathway of life.” – Celia Luce
“Though no one can go back and make a brand new start, anyone can start from now
and make a brand new ending.” – Carl Bard
“I’m not telling you it is going to be easy – I’m telling you it’s going to be worth it” – Art
Williams
Motivational Sayings – Attitude
Attitude “There is little di erence in people, but that little di erence makes a big
di erence. The little di erence is attitude. The big di erence is whether it is positive or
negative.” – W. Clement Stone

“Nothing on earth can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his
goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” – Thomas
Je erson
“A person cannot directly choose his circumstances, but he can choose his thoughts, and
so indirectly, yet surely, shape his circumstances.” – James Allen
“Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I
cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of
doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the
capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” – Mohandas Karamchand
(Mahatma) Gandhi

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These are quotes that mean something to me. Hopefully one or two of them are also
inspiring to you. If not, maybe they will motivate you to create your own motivational
sayings.

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Success Lessons From Baseball

Enthusiasm And Excitement Can Make
The Di erence
I remember, about 35 years ago, reading two books by Frank Bettger, the baseball player,
about how enthusiasm made all the di erence in his life. His books made a di erence in
my life at the time and are still well worth reading and re-reading.
Probably the most famous of his books is “How I raised myself from failure to success in
selling”. Frank died in 1981 but his books and priceless ideas live on.
In 1907, he played baseball for Johnstown in Pennsylvania for $175 dollars a month. He
was young and ambitious but was red for being lazy. He was not really lazy but had been
trying to control his nervousness by being laid back.
His manager told him: “Whatever you do after you leave here, for heaven’s sake, wake
yourself up and put some life and enthusiasm into your work.”
Frank went to Chester, Pennsylvania where he played baseball for only $25 a month.
Frank commented: “Well, I couldn’t feel very enthusiastic on that kind of money but I
began to act enthusiastic.”

After a few days he was given a trial at New Haven, Connecticut. No one knew him in that
league so he decided to establish a reputation for enthusiasm. Once established, he
would be forced to live up to his own reputation:
“From the minute I appeared on the eld I acted like a man electri ed. I acted as though I
were alive with a million batteries.”
Frank threw the ball hard and fast around the diamond and ran like a madman to score
for his team. All this was on a hot day when the thermometer was 100 degrees. The act
he was putting on worked like magic.
His nervousness now worked for him by fueling his energy. His enthusiasm a ected the
other players on the eld and they, too, became enthusiastic. He felt better during the
game and after it than ever before.

Next day, the New Haven newspaper wrote: “This new player, Bettger, has a barrel of
enthusiasm. He inspired our boys. They not only won the game but looked better than
any time this season.”
The papers began calling him “Pep” Bettger, the life of the team. Enthusiasm increased
his income in ten days from $25 a month to $185 a month. This was a 700% increase.
Bettger insists that he earned the income not for his ability which was the same as before
but for his enthusiasm alone. He could not catch or hit better than before. Two years
later he was playing 3rd base for the St Louis Cardinals.

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Another two years later, he injured his arm and was forced out of baseball. Two years
after this, he ended up selling life insurance. He was a miserable failure at this until he
went to a public speaking course run by the great Dale Carnegie. Carnegie, like his rst
manager, told him to be more enthusiastic.

Carnegie then went on to give a talk on enthusiasm to his class. He became so excited
that he threw a chair against a wall and broke one of its legs. All this reminded Frank of
his early experiences in the baseball world.
“That night, I decided to stay in the insurance business and put the same enthusiasm
into selling that I had put into baseball.”
During his rst sales pitch after this decision, he became so excited that he pounded his
st. He could hardly believe it when his customer listened intently and then bought the
insurance policy. He does not equate enthusiasm with st pounding but “if st pounding
is what you need to arouse yourself inside, then I am overwhelmingly for it. I know this:
When I force myself to act enthusiastic I soon feel enthusiastic.”
Frank went on to become a great salesman and a man who has inspired many other
salesmen and ordinary citizens to live their lives with enthusiasm.

A salesman who is enthusiastic can outsell a non enthusiastic salesman who has much
greater knowledge. The enthusiastic person is like a magnet. He or she attracts and
inspires others to do what they thought was beyond them.
You can acquire enthusiasm simply and quickly by forcing yourself to act enthusiastically.
It also helps to re-read your favourite inspiring passages daily.
Frank, himself, was inspired by a great quote from Walter Chrysler. When Chrysler was
asked to give the secret of success, he listed qualities such as ‘ability, capacity, and
energy’ but added that the real secret was ‘enthusiasm.’
“Yes, more than enthusiasm,” said Chrysler, “I would say ‘excitement’. I like to see men get
excited. When they get excited, they get customers excited and we get business.”

Enthusiasm can make a huge di erence. We could all bene t by being enthusiastic about
something that we currently nd boring. We could be amazed at how excited we become
and how skilful we become. We could also notice that the re of our enthusiasm soon
spreads to other people.
We could end up in the ‘major leagues’ of whatever we become enthusiastic about and
we could have more friends, more fun and more money!

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Self Improvement And Success Go Hand

In Hand More Than You Think
How do you know if a person is willing to attain self improvement? This is a question with
no de nite answer. It will all depend on the individual.
Many people have goals, dreams or ambitions but do not know how to go about
achieving them. They may have thought about what would make up self improvement
and their ideal life, but have no idea how to even begin to make the plans and take the
actions required to make them a reality.
Some people have a vague idea on how to go about self improvement. These are the
ones that believe that if only they had a better job, or had been given better
opportunities, or met the love of their life, or whatever else, everything would be ne and
they would be happy.
They feel that their happiness or lack of happiness is decided by external factors and
their thoughts and actions are of little consequence.
Some believe that if only they had more money they could have whatever they want and
be on their way to self improvement.

They may have spent little time thinking about what they actually want from life, and do
not really believe there is anything they can do to create their fuzzy version of utopia
anyway, apart from buying more lottery tickets.
Other people do not even know what they actually want from their lives and may even
have little idea what would really makes them happy. They seem to just drift from day to
day, week to week, month to month, and year to year, and do little more than just about
get by.
They may have seemingly secure jobs and be earning enough to live relatively
comfortable lives. They seem happy enough and have no great ambition to achieve
anything more from their lives than they currently have.
Is self improvement important?
The reality is that throughout our lives we are all constantly growing and developing.
Circumstances make us grow and develop, even if we do not make the conscious
decision to do so.

Up to a certain age, we learn through formal education and we continue to learn through
our experiences for the rest of our lives. We have to learn and grow to deal with
everything that life throws at us. We all have to go through self improvement.
Modern life moves at a dramatically faster pace than at anytime in history. For anyone
living in modern society there are more opportunities to do anything that you want to do
with your life than ever before.

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Because the workplace is so competitive, people who are ambitious and hungry for
success know they need to learn new skills and knowledge to keep ahead of the pack. To
attain this, self improvement is needed.

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Thank you to all the readers and last but
not least, to my family ,my wife and my
few friends for their support and love

Email: danyzam ro cial@gm
ail.com