33 Keys To A

Fulfilling Life

J. Schumps
33 Keys To A
Fulfilling Life
 33 Keys To A
Fulfilling Life

Joseph Schumps

Straton, Timber and

Kloss Publishing
House

Cover by
Sarah Dorweiler
33 Keys To A Fulfilling Life
© 2022 J. Schumps
First published in e-book in 2022
Straton, Timber and Kloss Publishing House

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1 The key to happiness is to do what works, not
what feels good. The truth is that no-one has
ever tried living without doing what they felt they
had to do, and the vast majority of people in
history have had no choice but to work. How
many people can say they chose to stay home?
Not many. How many can say that they spent
their days enjoying nothing? Probably very few.
People may like to think that they’ve reached a
level of comfort, but this isn’t the case. It’s
actually just the other side of the coin. As comfort
zones are built up, people become more
dependent on it, and less likely to step out and
explore their full potential. There is so much that
we could learn from the experience of the people
who didn’t work.

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2 The key to being brave is never having to face
anything alone." "It's just a simple matter of being
honest about the choices we face." "And I know
that there are other women who have chosen to
make this same choice." "No matter what I have
done," "I'm not sorry for what I've done." "I'm sorry
for what I didn't do." "I'm also sorry to any child of
mine who will grow up in a world without
mothers." "I have decided to keep this child." "Well,
it's not fair that the ones we don't tell should have
so much more freedom." "If we told others, then
they would be able to choose too, wouldn't they?"
"I'm going to have to find the courage to tell my
husband what I have done." "You know that's not
gonna be easy, right?" "He might even try to take
you to court." "It's probably best you don't see him
for a while."

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3 The key to being evil is to learn how to do things
right. To put it another way, it's the opposite of
doing things wrong. When you understand that,
evil becomes a matter of perspective. When it
comes to perfidy, it's easier to be kind and
understanding than it is to be ruthless, cold, and
cruel. The reason is simple: When you hurt
someone else you have to live with that memory
for the rest of your life. When you hurt yourself you
feel fine for a while, then you remember, and the
pain is gone. If you have to hurt others in order to
remain evil, then you become a slave of your own
injustices. If you do the things that evil men do,
then the evil you have done will cling to you, and
you won't even know it's there.

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4 The key to life is not happiness but the ability to
make others happy—without ever losing one’s own.
—G. K. Chesterton

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5 The key to having more money is to be willing
to spend more money. You can’t have more money
than you are willing to spend. The same is true of
time, energy, or the ability to learn and improve
your skill set. If you’re not willing to spend any
money, energy, or time in order to achieve
something, then you’ll never have more money,
time, or energy. Most people aren’t willing to spend
any money, energy, or time in order to achieve
something in life. It just doesn’t seem like the type
of thing that people want to do. “I don’t care if it
takes three months to build a new website. It will
only take three months, and that’s not even that
much.” “If I put a little time into this, I think it’ll be
great. I guess I’ll give it a go.” “A long time ago I
made some money, so I’m going to put all of my
time and energy into this. I’m just going to have to
work my ass off.” The first kind of attitude is the
one that is going to put most people in a hole. You
see, when people say things like that, they’re just
not willing to put in any effort. They don’t want to
do anything that will make them work. If you’re
going to have a million-dollar business, you’re
going to have to put in at least seven million hours
per year. If you’re going to be an extremely
successful individual, you’re going to have to put in
at least 250,000 hours per year.

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6 The key to joy is the willingness to live without
the idea that you must be ‘happy’. To be happy, you
must be unhappy. To be happy, you must want to
be happy. To be happy, you must hate yourself. To
be happy, you must be happy. In some ways, the
key to happiness is the willingness to be happy. To
not want to be happy. Because without wanting to
be happy, how can you be unhappy? The key to
being happy is the ability to be miserable, to feel
miserable, to know that feeling.

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7 The key to balance is to get the right kind of
feedback to prevent your team from losing it. I’ve
seen people become defensive and react angrily to
constructive criticism. If this is you, make sure you
don’t take a dig at your teammate who’s trying to
help you improve. On the other hand, do NOT
accept and agree with praise from your boss. You
don’t have to, but you definitely shouldn’t. The goal
is to figure out what works for your team. For
some, a constructive criticism with a positive spin
is effective. For others, this will backfire and make
your team defensive. It’s all about managing your
team. If your team is feeling too defensive or
overwhelmed by your feedback, you should cut the
communication flow. If it’s feeling too open, try to
limit the feedback.

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8 The key to fulfillment is not about being happy.
It’s about taking pleasure in how you are now. So if
you’re not happy with your relationship, don’t force a
change, give yourself time, and just accept that it’s
not you, and you are not the problem.

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9 The key to confidence is the ability to look back
at last week’s game, without it feeling like a replay,
and reflect on things that went wrong. Last week,
we looked at what was going wrong in the build up
to the match. This week, I’ll talk about what we
should have done better and the decisions we made
that contributed to a defeat, before looking at
where we can go forward. Onwards to victory.

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10 The key to a high paying job is to be able to
prove that you're worth it. If you can do this, then
there is a good chance that you could get paid a lot.
It is not as difficult as you might think. It is all about
being able to find the right people to work with you,
which is easy when you know what they need to be
good at. If you can find someone with those skills,
then you can offer a higher salary than the industry
average or you can give yourself a good salary
while offering a better product or service than
others in the same field. However, if you work hard,
you can achieve good outcomes and in some cases,
you can find very good outcomes in a lot less time
than what most people take to get them.

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11 The key to saving time is to focus on the
important things. The important things are where
the time is spent. Some of those important things
include writing unit tests, code, and documentation.
In the past I often spend a lot of time thinking about
what things I could improve. The problem is that I
often spend a lot of time thinking about them, but
almost always find that there is nothing to improve.
My focus has to go elsewhere.

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12 The key to looking better is to feel better.
When we feel better, we naturally look better. This
is the main reason why we tend to sleep better at
night when we are relaxed. Sleep is an important
tool in the natural healing process. “The main thing
for a man to do to be really, really successful is to
relax. And you can’t do that when you’re angry, or
when you’re uptight, or when you’re excited.” -
Einstein In order to feel better, we must feel well
first. The process of feeling better, happens when
we feel good first. The key to feeling good is to
follow the advice of great thinkers in order to
change ourselves and feel better. We will continue
to talk about tips to feel better below: Sleep better
Eat well Think good Get some exercise Make
ourselves happy

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13 The key to comfort is in knowing your
limitations and being able to make a rational choice
based on your circumstances. Don’t make your
choices emotional; they won’t stand the test of
time.

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14 The key to not being lonely is to live like
someone else, think like someone else, and act like
someone else. And if we change our perspective or
our approach to ourselves or to others, we will
always be able to find someone to laugh with or
share some deep conversation with, right? But then,
we should really not be calling that person a “friend.”
It should be more of a co-worker or something,
right? Because that’s what someone to share with is.

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15 The key to not being popular is to be
unpopular and stay that way. I love how this makes
you popular. How is the popularity of a person who
doesn't care about anything other than being
popular? It's no wonder I ended up homeless.

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16 The key to having more pleasure is to focus on
having pleasure and to stop worrying so much
about money. When we stop worrying about money,
it makes us much happier. It makes us less stressed.
Because we can now spend less time planning
about money and more time enjoying it.

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17 The key to having a passion is finding
something you’re good at that you enjoy. It’s the key
to living a happy and productive life. It’s how I got
where I am. If you spend all of your time doing
something you hate, you will end up being unhappy
and unsuccessful. Do something you’re good at.
Something you’ve been good at for a long time. It’s
the best thing you can do for yourself and your
future.

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18 The key to stability is to keep your costs (i.e.,
rent, mortgage, insurances, etc.) under the
percentage of your gross income that it takes to
break even. This is the most important key to long-
term financial stability. Once a certain percentage of
income is devoted to rent, you begin to live off of
your credit card. Before long, your expenses have
increased substantially. And once you run out of
money, you start buying expensive toys.

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19 The key to being a lifelong learner is to think
of learning as a way of living, not just a way of
acquiring knowledge. We learn every day by living.
"It is more important to practice doing what you
want to do and to enjoy doing it, than to make an
effort to do something, because doing it will make
you feel good. Happiness comes from doing what
you want to do." ~ Thomas Jefferson The key to
being a lifelong learner is to think of learning as a
way of living, not just a way of acquiring
knowledge. We learn every day by living.

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20 The key to having friends is to show them
how much you love them. That means expressing
gratitude for the great friends you have, and for
having them as friends in the first place. If you’ve
become the friend you’d always hoped you could
be, you’re well on your way. You’re more than
welcome to keep making new friends, but you’re
also going to be happy if you’re surrounded by
people who appreciate your presence, time, and
effort.

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21 The key to reconciling with an enemy is
through mutual understanding and respect. It is
not through violence that any nation achieves a
lasting peace.

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22 The key to being important is to make every
other person look a certain way, like they are less
important than you. Be sure to be more important
than everyone else and everyone will notice.

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23 The key to knowing yourself is to understand
what makes you tick. What are your values, and
what do you want from life.

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24 The key to living with no regrets is to
recognize this and make it happen. The power of
not needing to know that there's a "right thing" to
be doing is beyond my comprehension. It's the
foundation of all the other key elements in the key
to living with no regrets.

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25 The key to being more productive is to be
able to manage your time efficiently and to be able
to do it consistently. In order to be more
productive, you have to be able to control how you
spend your time, when you spend your time, and
also which activities you are involved in. Managing
your time effectively is important not only for
productivity, but for your health and your sanity as
well.

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26 The key to finding meaning is to take nothing
for granted and see if anything can be questioned
and maybe even redefined. I know the path and
the road to my own redemption in this world isn't
a straight line, that it's all twisted, so if you're going
to find meaning and find yours, maybe we can
make it through this together.

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27 The key to a calm mind is to realize the mind is
one of three things: the thoughts, the body, or the
environment. If you can control any one of the
three, you will have peace of mind.

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28 The key to having more fun is to know that
you're having it. If you ever feel like you're out of
fun, don't be afraid to ask yourself what happened
and what to do about it.

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29 The key to having more time to yourself is to
set aside time for this type of activity, and don’t let
the responsibilities of your day-to-day life keep you
from achieving it. A daily exercise routine may help.
Try to exercise for at least thirty minutes three
times a week, preferably twice a day. Don’t skip a
day, even though you’re busy. Take your time. Don’t
skip out on a morning workout. It may seem
awkward to start a new routine if you’re having a
bad day, but trust me: you’ll feel better once you
start. As with anything, you’ll soon get used to it.

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30 The key to being loved is to be in love. And
the key to being in love is being in contact. It's not
much to do, this business of being in touch. But
it's not much to do if you're not going to do it. It's
not much if you only do it with people you like and
people you can get along with. It's nothing at all,
really, unless you make it something. So you take
hold of the handlebars of a bike, and you go out
and pedal. You pedal hard for an hour. You pedal,
and you make it so that someone will be aware of
the road on which you are traveling. You pedal,
and you make it so that another person will be
interested in knowing what you are going to do,
and what you are thinking. You pedal, and you
make it so that someone will be glad to know you.

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31 The key to being selfish is not to be self-
centred, but to put others first. The key to being
selfless is not to think of others, but to think only of
yourself. Selfish people never realise this. They
always think only of themselves, and so never truly
care about others.

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32 The key to staying positive is to take time to
notice and express gratitude. We all make the most
of the time we are given to help us become happy.
We are blessed to be alive and our lives are filled
with love. There is nothing more that we have to be
grateful for. We are all going to live and live and if we
are happy and grateful then life is a gift. I wish you a
life of love and light!

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33 The key to being successful is to get better
everyday. You’re human, and as such, your mental
state fluctuates; but how do you get to the top
again? Here are a few ways. You need to create the
habits that will allow you to achieve your goals.
Every day you practice the skills that you will need to
reach your goals. A lot of things will happen in your
personal life, career, and even your business life.
But at some point you’ll need to get back on track. In
order to get your focus back on your goals, you have
to have a strategy and a plan for what you need to
do. So, how do you know what you’ll need? It’s
simple – you need to keep track of your results over
the last few years.

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