"If you have the opportunity, don’t miss out on doing something for others. This doesn’t mean collecting favors and keeping track of who’s given you what or which services you’ve handed out to others. Few things create a greater sense of satisfaction than finding it in our power to help others."
-- Marian Rojas Estape
"If-then and why thinking are huge for preparation—for theorizing, experimenting, and testing—but when performing, we want to be how thinkers. When we think in terms of how, we create a commitment to ourselves to find a solution. How guides us toward action."
-- Brian Levenson
"The people who don’t give up are the people who find a way to believe in abundance rather than scarcity. They’ve taken into their hearts the idea that there is enough for all of us, that success will manifest itself in different ways for different people, that keeping the faith is more important than cashing the check."
-- Cheryl Strayed
"Every problem is a character-building opportunity, and the more difficult it is, the greater the potential for building spiritual muscle and moral fiber. Paul said, “We know that these troubles produce patience. And patience produces character.” What happens outwardly in your life is not as important as what happens inside you. Your circumstances are temporary, but your character will last forever."
-- Rick Warren
"We’re entitled to greater good because we can conceive greater good. Fear and suffering can never be imposed upon us unless we impose it on ourselves. The same goes for joy. The spirit can give us no gift that we do not give ourselves permission to accept."
-- Mark Victor Hansen
"Breakthrough moments are often the result of many previous actions, which build up the potential required to unleash a major change. This pattern shows up everywhere. Cancer spends 80 percent of its life undetectable, then takes over the body in months. Bamboo can barely be seen for the first five years as it builds extensive root systems underground before exploding ninety feet into the air within six weeks."
-- James Clear
"Growing ourselves can also be done in a solitary fashion. There is no greater gift to give yourself than to read, read, read. Get your hands on material that directly relates to the areas where you desire growth. The more you read, the more you learn, and the more confident you become. As they say, “knowledge is power.”"
- Sherrie Campbell
"The simplest thing is to think short term, to live according to our reactions to the anarchic external impulses that affect us, letting ourselves be carried along; what is better, although more difficult to achieve, is to design one’s life with long-term objectives, so that, even if something turns us out of our path, we can reorient ourselves toward our goals. A person without a project, who doesn’t know what they want to become, and who doesn’t find meaning in their life, cannot be happy."
-- Marian Rojas Estape
"Achieving your goals takes patience, research, work, work, work, discipline, self- control, and fearlessly seizing the moment when an opportunity presents itself. And the best way to do all of these things is to know what you want. Chase that dream. Do it with enthusiasm."
-- Stacie Bloomfield
"When you’re building the momentum to achieve your life dreams, you have to keep the flames of desire burning deep inside your heart, no matter what. See your desired end result fulfilled, feel as though it has been accomplished, and you’ll accomplish it."
-- Mark Victor Hansen
"Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude."
-— Thomas Jefferson
"People reflect your behavior back to you. The more you help others, the more others want to help you. Being a little bit nicer in each interaction can result in a network of broad and strong connections over time."
-- James Clear
"Experimentation in preparation is all about opening yourself to new ideas, new situations, new environments, and new challenges; it’s about conducting research so you can gain the clarity you need to trust your process."
-- Brian Levenson
"He taught us that, just as with all things in life, some things were in our control, and others never would be. Our dancing, our stamina and our state of mind were things we could control. But the music we had to dance to, the quality of the dance floor, the judges and the other competitors were not. Like them or not, we had to put up with them. ‘Just focus on those things you can control,’ he’d say. ‘And try not to worry about the rest.’ Words that have become a mantra for me and words I love to share with my clients."
-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup
"Don’t let fear of the unknown stand in your way. Learn to study the fear and the challenges, and then change your perception of them."
-- Mark Victor Hansen
"We cannot choose a lot of what will happen to us in life, but we are absolutely free, each and every one of us, to choose the attitude with which we confront it. We are dealt some cards, good or bad, but they’re the ones we have and we must play them as well as we can."
-- Marian Rojas Estape
"I have a suit in my closet with the pocket cut out. It’s a reminder to me that I won’t be taking anything with me. The last suit I wear won’t need any pockets."
-- Dr. Wayne W. Dyer
"Accomplishing one extra task is a small feat on any given day, but it counts for a lot over an entire career. The effect of automating an old task or mastering a new skill can be even greater. The more tasks you can handle without thinking, the more your brain is free to focus on other areas."
-- James Clear
"Goals can keep you energized to do the daily hard work. Of course, there is no way to control where you will be in ten years’ time, and along the way what you want can change, but that’s totally OK! The important thing is to set your intentions, wake up every day, and make little choices that will move you closer to having your dreams come true."
-- Stacie Bloomfield
"Receiving, reading, researching, remembering, and reflecting on the Word are all useless if we fail to put them into practice. We must become “doers of the word.” This is the hardest step of all."
-- Rick Warren
"We’ve said that your life will always move in the direction of your strongest thoughts. That’s good news if you are thinking on things that are noble, right, pure, lovely, admirable, excellent, or praiseworthy. It’s bad news if you are thinking on things that are dishonorable, false, ugly, anxious, unjust, fearful, or just plain irrational. Our runaway negative thoughts can spiral out of control and lead our lives in the wrong direction."
-- Craig Groeschel
"We as human beings, over the whole course of our lives, pass through very demanding and difficult moments, which mean that we will not be able to be happy if we do not learn to get over them, or at least try."
-- Marian Rojas Estape
"Time magnifies the margin between success and failure. It will multiply whatever you feed it. Good habits make time your ally. Bad habits make time your enemy."
-- James Clear
"If you don’t take the time to experiment in the lab during preparation, how will your genius emerge? Where will your creativity spark? How will you feel confident when it’s time to perform? Experimenting opens up possibility. It allows us to test limits."
-- Brian Levenson
"Purpose does not strike as a lucky lightning bolt of inspiration. Motivation and purpose are choices. The only thing needed to spark motivation is a decision to heighten your ambition and expectancy—to sit down, think about what you desire, and believe you can go get it. To keep that motivation, you must give constant attention and effort."
-- Brendon Burchard
"Think about your vision for the future. Visualize your goals and your compass will begin to gently guide you to make little daily decisions that will lead you toward your due north. It is funny how the more you think about what you want to happen in your life, like getting into shape, breaking a tricky habit, or trying to save money to renovate your home, the more likely your daily choices will lead you closer to it."
-- Stacie Bloomfield
"Core habits to lengthen your life are sleeping for seven or eight hours, healthy eating, moderate alcohol consumption, exercising three times a week as well as brushing and flossing your teeth."
-- Ros Taylor
"Making a choice that is 1 percent better or 1 percent worse seems insignificant in the moment, but over the span of moments that make up a lifetime these choices determine the difference between who you are and who you could be. Success is the product of daily habits—not once-in-a-lifetime transformations."
-- James Clear
"Napoleon said it. Don’t be afraid to grab a pencil and a piece of paper. A four colored ballpoint, a felt-tip pen, a blackboard . . . Write, cross out, draw arrows. Whatever you do, make a plan. You’ll be surprised at how many mutual acquaintances you find, you’ll discover past experiences that might be useful now, and, if you need to work on some skill because you notice it doesn’t come easy, read, inform yourself, and ask for help."
-- Marian Rojas Estape
