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December 21 - December 26, 2021
As long as you are alive, you will either live to accomplish your own goals and dreams or be used as a resource to accomplish someone else's.
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people operate under the assumption that one person's beliefs cannot be maintained if another person's conflicting beliefs exist.
nothing happens to me; it happens because of me
“Retreaters” are those who take actions in reverse—probably in order to avoid negative experiences that they imagine will come as a result of taking action.
massive action is the most natural state of action there is for all of us.
Massive action is actually the level of action that creates new problems—and until you create problems, you're not truly operating at the fourth stage of action.
No one even knew who I was. This has been the single biggest problem I've encountered in every business I have built, and I imagine that it's one most entrepreneurs face.
Average doesn't work in any area of life. Anything that you give only average amounts of attention to will start to subside and will eventually cease to exist.
make sure to always do two things: (1) I write my goals down every day and (2) I choose objectives that are just out of reach.
the wealthiest 5 percent of people control $80 trillion, which is more money than has been created in the history of mankind.
Eat your fears; don't feed them by backing off or giving them time to grow. Learn to look for and use fear so that you know exactly what you need to do to overcome it and advance your life.
The first thing to do when managing time and seeking balance is to decide what is important to you.
My wife and I met and created a schedule that would allow me to have time with my daughter and my wife—and not negatively impact the work schedule that provides for our financial success.
I would get up one hour earlier each day and take my daughter on an outing each morning.
Keep pouring on the success, and sooner or later, the very same people who were putting you down will be admiring you for what you have done.
Executives tout the importance of customer service from their ivory towers, yet they forget to promote the attainment of the customer to begin with.
complaints will increase when dealing with human beings—but so will praise.
if your product and company deliver perfectly, you are going to get complaints from customers—because they're human. You can't keep everyone happy all the time.
“The best revenge is massive success.”
those who have made it really big created a reality that did not exist before they came along.
“me first” thinking—that has no regard for the group—ultimately stifles the very group upon which an individual depends for survival.
The most successful CEOs are reported to read an average of 60 books and attend more than six conferences per year—whereas the average American worker reads an average of less than one book and makes 319 times less income.
Those who succeed were—at one point or another in their lives—willing to put themselves in situations that were uncomfortable, whereas the unsuccessful seek comfort from all their decisions.
Black belts don't learn new skills from white belts. They can be reminded of the basics, but a white belt cannot take the black belt to a red belt.
Discipline is what you use to complete any activity until the activity—regardless of how uncomfortable—becomes your normal operating procedure.
The vocabulary and mind-set of average people, even those you love, is always the same—be careful, play it safe, don't be impractical, success isn't everything, be satisfied with what you have, life is to be lived, money won't make you happy, don't want so much, take it easy, you don't have experience, you're too young, you're too old—and on and on.
