Don't Bullsh*t Yourself! Quotes

“I don't have enough time. I am being pulled in too many directions. Someone or something is stealing my time. Whether you complain that you are overworked and overextended or you believe that other people, obligations, or competing loyalties are forcing you to postpone or cancel your own aspirations or dreams, you're basically saying one thing: you are inefficient. Yes, it's your fault. It's bullshit and you can change that.”
― Jon Taffer, Don't Bullsh*t Yourself!: Crush the Excuses That Are Holding You Back

“Learning from your customers is vital to your success. Even if you work in a back office or don't deal directly with the public, you are serving someone in your job. You have a boss--and the boss is really your customer, right? You have to think of the people you work for (and if you have a job, your work for someone) as customers. Doing so gives you greater buy-in to the idea that your job is part of a bigger universe--it's not just you toiling away on a computer making sure the numbers add up (or whatever it is you do). Someone, somewhere, is counting on you to hold up your end of the bargain and to do your job better, and you can learn from that person (or people).”
― Jon Taffer, Don't Bullsh*t Yourself!: Crush the Excuses That Are Holding You Back

“Own your own failures and you will own your success.”
― Jon Taffer, Don't Bullsh*t Yourself!: Crush the Excuses That Are Holding You Back

“It is easy to change a business; it's hard to change people. Yet it's not impossible. One way to do it is to learn how to see an excuse for what it is (a false premise), identify the real issue underlying the excuse making, and address it in a straightforward, unemotional way.”
― Jon Taffer, Don't Bullsh*t Yourself!: Crush the Excuses That Are Holding You Back