The Wisdom of Oz Quotes

“Remember that when you “lift where you stand” and help others to rise Above The Line—everyone benefits.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“Outliers: The Story of Success,”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“Do It step and achieving what you want: Trying is just not in the equation. It’s all about doing.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“Every successful journey Above The Line begins by asking a single question: What else can I do to achieve the result I want?”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“You are probably not the first one trying to overcome this obstacle or solve this problem. Find out what others did and how it worked for them.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“She had made a habit of quickly asking her own version of What else can I do?”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“The “Solve It” Question When taking the Solve It step, you should ask: What else can I do? Asking this over and over is the key to making progress. Repeatedly asking, What else can I do? forces you to drill down through any obstacles to find solutions, solutions that are often buried deep in the rich soil of innovation and creativity, solutions that almost always lurk below the surface of your easygoing, everyday, even routine way of thinking.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“the Solve It step, think as if your life depended on it. While your life may not be at risk, your happiness is.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“Think as if your life depended on it.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“They view painful situations as accidents, bad luck, or something that was done to them. But many of the problems we face in life are not accidents. Most of the time our problems are ones we bring on ourselves. This is why learning to Own It is so important.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“They view painful situations as accidents, bad luck, or something that was done to them. But many of the problems we face in life are not accidents. Most of the time our problems are ones we bring on ourselves”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“We believe this spiraling lack of happiness today is simply due to a lack of accountability.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“As Mark Twain reportedly said, “It’s not what you don’t know that gets you into trouble, it’s what you know for sure that just ain’t so.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“The more concrete and simple your goal, the better.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“When you can’t control your circumstances, don’t let your circumstances control you.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do

“Only you can unleash the positive power of personal accountability to overcome the obstacles you face and achieve the results you want.”
― Roger Connors, The Wisdom of Oz: Using Personal Accountability to Succeed in Everything You Do