Secrets of Six-Figure Women Quotes

“Feel the Fear. Have the Doubts. Go for It Anyway.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“If I get stuck in who I am now, I will never blossom into who I might yet become. I need to practice the gentle art of letting go. —SAM KEEN, AUTHOR”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“While “intention” is a magnet that attracts what we want, “letting go” provides the space for our desire to manifest.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“There’s nothing magic about this. It’s a universal law: Our state of mind shapes our way of life.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“How does one become a butterfly?” she asked pensively. “You must want to fly so much that you are willing to give up being a caterpillar.” —TRINA PAULUS”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“We crave and fear becoming truly ourselves.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“I worked for a menial’s hire, Only to learn dismayed, That any wage I had asked of Life, Life would have willingly paid —JESSIE B. RITTENHOUSE”
― Barbara Stanny (now Huson), Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Asking for more is an act of self-love. Saying no is a show of self-respect. Refusing to settle is a statement of self-worth. And walking away is a sign of self-trust.”
― Barbara Stanny (now Huson), Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Just as claiming our power is an act of self-love, forsaking it is an act of self-betrayal. We pay dearly for deference and dependency. It costs us our autonomy, self-esteem, and peace of mind.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Maybe there aren’t any jobs,” she confided. “But I can’t let my mind paralyze me.” Every day she’d look in the mirror and repeat to herself: “This is an opportunity,” until she began to believe it. The last time I talked to her, she was considering several offers.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Sure, negotiation techniques and assertiveness skills can easily be learned by taking courses or reading books. But the truth is, if you’re going to command more—whether it’s a higher fee, more flexible hours, or a corner office—you have to truly believe you’re worth it. People will always respond far more to your “vibes” than your words.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“The real work in raising the bar is to stop doing the same old thing you’ve always done, to try out new strategies, to ignore false alarms, to resist the urge to quit, and to refuse to fall back into familiar terrain. The ability to tolerate discomfort—doing what might not feel good, but doing it anyway—is the only way you’ll ever complete the path to financial success. It helps to keep in mind that the discomfort is temporary, but the payoff is extraordinary”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“What do I need to have in my life to feel deeply satisfied? What do I know in my heart is keeping me from feeling satisfied and successful? What situations, relationships, beliefs, attitudes, thoughts, feelings, and choices have I made that are no longer serving me? If I had a year to live, where would I be? Who would I be with? What would I be doing?”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Entrepreneur Sheila Brooks, who was raised in a ghetto, told me most of the kids she grew up with are dead, in jail, or still impoverished, but she “beat the odds” through hard work and an unshakable faith in a Higher Power. “I truly believe that all things are possible with God. Every day I spend time in meditation and prayer. I thank my Higher Power for everything He has given me. When I do that, I know that no matter how bad things are, I can overcome.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Think of your own life. Haven’t your most valuable lessons come from your most trying experiences? Hard times, like heavy weights, build muscle. I observed, among the women I interviewed, that the most audacious were those who had endured the most adversity, especially as children”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“It’s like being a duck. Calm and unruffled on the surface, but paddling like hell underneath.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“1. What do you see as my major personality strengths? 2. What do you see as my marketable skills? 3. What kind of environment do you see me working in? 4. What do you think I need in a job? 5. What do you see in me that I probably don’t see in myself?”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“I saw that six-figure women have two specific types of support that underearners seemed to lack—True Believers, people who recognize their potential and offer encouragement, and Way Showers, people who provide the map and serve as proof that success is possible.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Where your intention goes,” Gary Zukav writes in his bestselling book The Seat of the Soul, “so goes you. Your intention becomes your reality.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“But in the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step in faith.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“FINDING YOUR MOTIVATIONAL PATTERN Step I. Divide your life into thirds. (If you are 42, you’ll come up with three age groups: 1–14, 15–28, 29–42.) Then let your thoughts begin to drift. Recall some of your past accomplishments: the things you did well, enjoyed doing, and felt good about regardless of what anyone else thought. These experiences must be something you did, not something you watched others doing. It can be anything from learning to tie your shoes to reupholstering a chair, from finding a job to writing a poem, from planning a party for four or a banquet for four hundred. The important thing here is that you felt good about the activity, enjoyed doing it, and did it well.   Step II. Create a chart. Try to come up with at least three achievements for each of your three age groups. Step III. Examine the experiences listed and look for a pattern. What skills, interests, rewards, and kinds of relationships are repeated in all the stories? This is called your motivational pattern. It is what “turns you on,” gets you going, and keeps you stimulated. If you put these ingredients together, you can see what is missing in your life or what you need to have in your next job. For example, if helping people motivates you and your day is spent behind a computer, you can see why you’re miserable.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire. —WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS”
― Barbara Stanny (now Huson), Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“I have a lot to contribute and the company needs to compensate me appropriately or I’ll go elsewhere,”
― Barbara Stanny (now Huson), Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Just saying I’m prosperous makes my shoulders go up a little straighter.”
― Barbara Stanny (now Huson), Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“No matter how tough things are, there will always be people who are prospering.”
― Barbara Stanny (now Huson), Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“You know, I equate work here to when you come home at night and you say to your wife, ‘Honey, is everything OK?’ and she says, ‘Yes, yes, everything is OK.’ But deep down you know in your heart something isn’t right. Well, that’s the feeling I have here. And what’s not right about working here is that I always feel like an unwanted guest.”
― Barbara Stanny (now Huson), Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“But if we focus on the barriers, we’re more likely to encounter them. We achieve what we focus on.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“This conversation was remarkable only in its unremarkableness.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you’re doing the impossible.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women

“We women have got to stop devaluing ourselves and demand what we’re worth.”
― Barbara Stanny, Secrets of Six-Figure Women