Knowing Your Gut Feeling

"Gut feelings. I get them all the time. Sometimes it is a small gut feeling (like I shouldn’t have eaten that expired yogurt in the back of the refrigerator . . . OK, that one was common sense) but other times there are big gut feelings. How can you tell the difference between a gut feeling and a simple thought or desire? I think it requires getting into the regular practice of tuning out extra noise and getting to know yourself and your desires more deeply. It requires leaning in when things are flowing and moving toward the momentum. When you are in the flow, you can better discern what is working well from what isn’t."

-- Stacie Bloomfield

Greatest Times in Human History

"We are living today in one of the greatest times in all of human history. There are more opportunities and possibilities for you to accomplish more in every area in your life than have ever existed before, and if anything, it is only getting better, year by year."

-- Brian Tracy

Every Time You Take Action

"Every time you take action, remember the rat and the swinging door. See that red light, and force yourself to stick around and find out that what happens. You will almost certainly find that whatever happens is not nearly as bad as you thought it would be."

-- Dr. Aziz Gazipura

We Believe What We Hear Ourseleves Say

"Research shows that we tend to believe what we hear ourselves say, and the way we describe ourselves influences our view of our identity, and from there, our habits. If I say, “I’m lazy,” “I can’t resist a sale,” “I’ll try anything once,” “I never start work until the last minute,” or “I’m lucky,” those ideas become part of my identity, which in turn influences my actions."

-- Gretchen Rubin

Your Unconditioned Self with Ulimited Potential

"When anyone faces a new beginning, addresses a blank page, and starts at zero again, it is likely they will meet their inner fears and doubts. The biggest challenges of our lives often stretch us beyond our self-image to something deeper. Who we think we are won’t win this challenge, but who we really are can.  The fear that our success quota is already used up may cause havoc with our mind. Yet, each time we stop still and reach inwardly to our Unconditioned Self—which houses our unlimited potential—it becomes more possible to discover strengths, liberate talent, and enjoy success. This is how the Self Principle plays itself out."

-- Robert Holden

In The Acquisition of a New Habit

"In the acquisition of a new habit, or the leaving of an old one, we must take care to launch ourselves with as strong and decided an initiative as possible … Never suffer an exception to occur till the new habit is securely rooted in your life. Each lapse is like the letting fall of a ball of string which one is carefully winding up; a single slip undoes more than a great many turns will wind again."

-- William James

Life Can Be Much Broader

 "When you grow up, you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save money. That's a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact. That isn't everything around you that you call life was made up by people no smarter than you. And you can change.  You can influence it.  Once you learn that, you'11 never be the same again.

-- Steve Jobs

Failure Like Success Is A Skill

"Failure, like success, is a skill. In order to fail well, you have to learn how to do it over and over again. While no one enjoys failing, learning from the experience can provide valuable insight about how to improve your performance in particular domains, which may be critical to your professional or personal development."

-- Lisa Orbe-Austin

The Cure of Time

"You let time pass. That’s the cure. You survive the days. You float like a rabid ghost through the weeks. You cry and wallow and lament and scratch your way back up through the months. And then one day you find yourself alone on a bench in the sun and you close your eyes and lean your head back and you realize you’re okay."

-- Cheryl Strayed

Habits That Feed Success

"Successful people form habits that feed their success, instead of habits that feed their failure. They choose to have the slight edge working for them, not against them. They build their own dreams, rather than spend their lives building other people’s dreams, and they achieve these dramatic results in their lives through making choices that are the very antithesis of drama—mundane, simple, seemingly insignificant choices."

-- Jeff Olson