"Being busy can make you feel important, but is what you are busy about important? This is the sort of “Intelligent Question” a good coach asks. In my experience, permanently busy people tend to confuse busyness and success, adrenaline and purpose, and effort and effectiveness."
-- Robert Holden
"When we forget our ability to choose, we learn to be helpless. Drip by drip we allow our power to be taken away until we end up becoming a function of other people’s choices—or even a function of our own past choices. In turn, we surrender our power to choose. That is the path of the Nonessentialist. The Essentialist doesn’t just recognize the power of choice, he celebrates it. The Essentialist knows that when we surrender our right to choose, we give others not just the power but also the explicit permission to choose for us."
-- Greg McKeown
"One of the most effective things you can do to build better habits is to join a culture where your desired behavior is the normal behavior. New habits seem achievable when you see others doing them every day. If you are surrounded by fit people, you’re more likely to consider working out to be a common habit. If you’re surrounded by jazz lovers, you’re more likely to believe it’s reasonable to play jazz every day. Your culture sets your expectation for what is “normal.” Surround yourself with people who have the habits you want to have yourself. You’ll rise together."
-- James Clear
"When people think about what they are doing in why terms, they are guided by the big picture—their smaller, everyday actions become a part of something larger and more important. They are more connected to long-term goals. As a result, when people think why rather than what, they are less impulsive, less vulnerable to temptation, and more likely to plan their actions in advance."
-- Heidi Grant Halvorson
"If you want to reach your potential or strive for the seemingly impossible, you need to become a team player. It may be a cliche, but it is nonetheless true Individuals play the game, but teams win championships."
-- John C. Maxwell
"No matter which goal you choose, there will be lots of people telling you you’re wrong. Just pay close attention to what excites you and what drains you. Pay close attention to when you’re being the real you and when you’re trying to impress an invisible jury. Whatever you make, it’s your creation, so make it your personal dream come true."
-- Derek Sivers
"Certainly, hard work alone doesn’t beget success. Environment, support, natural affinity, and talent may all play a role. But focusing on work in preparation gives you a better opportunity for success."
-- Brian Levenson
"On the other hand, when you're in the valley, the most important thing you can do is persevere. If you keep fighting, you're likely to get your second wind, just as distance runners do. And it said that only when runners are exhausted enough to reach that place do they find out what they can truly accomplish. If you keep persevering while you are in the valley, not only will you likely make it to higher ground where you can make better decisions, but you will also have developed character, which will serve you well throughout life"
-- John C. Maxwell
"While technology has done so much for science and medicine and to expand global interconnectedness, it has turned an active society idle. Our thumbs log more “steps” than our feet. Everything is automated and life has become too “done for you.” The problem is that easy makes you weak. And being weak leads to unhealthy living, disease, and an early checkout."
-- Mark Divine
"If you want to be useful, you can always start now, with only 1 percent of what you have in your grand vision. It’ll be a humble prototype version of your grand vision, but you’ll be in the game. You’ll be ahead of the rest, because you actually started, while others are waiting for the finish line to magically appear at the starting line."
-- Derek Sivers
