"Don’t be afraid to try a new style. Instead of focusing on the way you like to learn, embrace the discomfort of matching the method to the task. Reading and writing are usually best for critical thinking. Listening is ideal for understanding emotions, and doing is better for remembering information."
-- Adam Grant
"Charge your goals with purpose, priority and productivity to achieve results. Your purpose is your foundation. Your big one thing is your priority for action. Your small one thing fuels your productivity."
-- Gary Keller
“Change will not come if we wait for some other person, or if we wait for some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change that we seek.”
-- Barack Obama
“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again …”
-- Theodore Roosevelt
"Commit to life-long learning: Successful people are life-long learners. They possess what researchers have labeled a growth mindset, they understand the focusing illusion, and they develop their emotional intelligence."
-- Michael Edmondson
"You don't have to feel powerless. Whatever your circumstances are, there are positive thoughts and positive actions that can change them for the better. You are responsible for your own life, and you can absolutely make your life better and more successful."
-- Joel Fotinos
"Most of us also know what it feels like to come up against something that isn’t going to serve us at all. Being open to life sometimes means turning away from things that aren’t good for us. We can say a kind but firm “No, thank you” and just keep going on with our lives."
-- Gladys McGarey
"As a resilient person, you believe that regardless of what life throws at you, you still have some measure of control over your life. You can still be responsible. When tragedy strikes, rather than just feeling sorry for yourself for the rest of your life or blaming circumstances, you'll look for even small ways to improve a bad situation. You'll focus on the positive changes you can make to improve your life or situation. You may, for example, watch the news and feel hopeful that things are getting better in the world and that you can make a difference, even if it's only in your little corner of society or your family."
-- Stephanie Philp
"Passion and skill often align with a person’s one thing. Singular focus leads to spending a large amount of time developing a skill that improves your results and adds to your enjoyment. Bill Gates developed his high school passion for computers into a singular skill for programming. He built that knowledge into success as co-founder of Microsoft."
-- Gary Keller
"When you make a firm commitment to achieve a particular goal, you step on the accelerator of your subconscious mind, enabling you to be more creative, determined, and focused than ever before."
-- Andrew Clancy
