Most people would rather change their circumstances to improve their lives when instead they need to change themselves to improve their circumstances. They put in just enough effort to distance themselves from their problems without ever trying to go after the root, which can often be found in themselves. Because they don't try to change the source of their problems, their problems keep coming back at them.

How Successful People Win: Turn Every Setback into a Step Forward (ed. Center Street, 2015) - ISBN: 9781455556922