Reinventing Yourself Quotes

“The wizard didn't give anything to the Tin Man that he didn't already have.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be

“Should” actually reduces your motivation every time you use it. “Should” is the most self-defeating word in the English language. It’s like a tranquilizer to the spirit.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How to Become the Person You've Always Wanted to Be

“The extensive work done by Dr. Martin Seligman on learned optimism spanned 20 years, and he studied more than half a million children and adults. He found and scientifically confirmed two things: 1) Optimism makes you more effective at whatever you do, and 2) optimism can be learned.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How to Become the Person You've Always Wanted to Be

“Personality freezes us in a safe and secure pattern of being that we probably finished making up somewhere in junior high school. Most of our “permanent” personality was shaped from fear: fear of embarrassment, fear of losing face, fear of appearing uncool.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How to Become the Person You've Always Wanted to Be

“Owners focus on what they want. Victims focus on what they fear. And both positions are pure internal invention”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How to Become the Person You've Always Wanted to Be

“have”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be

“You can learn to clean out everything that muddies up your perception and stops you from seeing the infinite possibilities of life.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be

“The final test of a leader is the feeling you have when you leave their presence”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be

“the only difference between a rut and a grave is a few feet in depth.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be

“Voltaire said that no problem could withstand the assault of sustained thinking. And he was right.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be

“Problems are adventures in disguise”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be

“Some people use language," she said, "to describe the lives they lead, and other people use language to create the lives they lead.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be

“Reinvention begins at the level of thought. Don't let your thoughts think you.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be

“The only difference between a rut and a grave is a few feet.”
― Steve Chandler, Reinventing Yourself: How To Become The Person You've Always Wanted To Be