Life Is An Art Not A Science

"There are no rules, of course. Life is an art, not a science. Your mileage may vary. Take what you need and leave the rest. Keep going and take care of yourself. I’ll do the same."

-- Austin Kleon

The More Laughter The Better

"Laugh together. The more laughter, the better the quality of life. So focus on subjects that make you both laugh. That, too, will make you feel present. It’s impossible to laugh without being present. Your mind must be where you are if anything is going to be funny. People who laugh cannot have negative thoughts at the same time."

-- Ichak K. Adize

The Measure of Success

"Men don’t fail; they give up trying.” Often it is not the wrong start but the wrong stop that makes the difference between success and failure. To quit while we’re ahead would be silly; to quit when we’re behind is even sillier. It requires will to hold on a little longer. It requires wit to know that the measure of success is not the luck, the breaks of the game, but the conquest of failure. 'The trouble with most of us,' it has been said, 'is that we stop trying in trying times.' There is wisdom even in puns."

-- Elihu Root

The Life Principle

"The Life Principle as it flows through you takes the shape of the mental mold which you prepare for It. Let us take the analogy of water, which will take the shape of any vessel into which it is poured, yet it ever remains the same H2O, regardless of the shape and size of the container. Your thoughts, imagery, and mental patterns mold, fashion, and shape your life."

-- Joseph Murphy

You Are As Good As Anybody Else

"Self-confidence comes from proving your belief in yourself by your little achievements and your small successes as you go along. Self-esteem gives you permission to believe that you have something inside of you that should be developed. That in itself creates motivation for you to seek, to learn, to read, to role model, to discover, because you believe that you’re worth more than your present circumstances. It doesn’t matter where you’re coming from. You’re as good as anybody else—no better, but as good."

-- Denis Waitley

People With Aiming Points

"We think about our goal as we have our morning coffee and breakfast, while we’re in the shower, and it comes to us again and again during the day. We are on course. We are moving toward the fulfillment of our current goal. And it is often the last thing we think about as we drop off to sleep. It is our aiming point. And people with aiming points tend to reach them."

-- Earl Nightingale

Success Must Be Enjoyed

"Success must be enjoyed. It may be won with tears but it must be crowned with laughter. Otherwise the effort may be worthwhile—it may be good or even great—but for the individual without the inner laughter, which is known by another name as satisfaction, there can hardly be success."

-- Og Mandino

People With Goals

"People with goals on which they have set their hearts and minds are always moving toward those goals. Even while we sleep, our deep minds are working on the project. That’s why we often awaken, early in the morning, with the solution to a problem that had repeatedly resisted our conscious attempts to solve it the day before."

-- Earl Nightingale

Obstacles To Being Present

"Eliminate temptations that are obstacles to being present. All kinds of screens—from TV screens to smartphones to tablets—populate our lives everywhere. Even when you go to restaurants to eat, often there are TVs blaring, and you cannot avoid looking up to see what’s going on. People eat or drink as they watch screens around them. Screens have invaded homes, too. I have visited families who installed them in their dining rooms so they can watch TV as they eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner. With smartphones and tablets, people can double- or triple-task simultaneously: eating, speaking on the phone, and watching TV. No wonder people often can’t remember what they ate or exactly what they said or were told."

-- Ichak K. Adize

Take Charge of Your Own Mind

"Man must take charge of his own mind and not permit others to govern it for him. Creed, dogma, tradition, superstition, fear, and ignorance rule the mind of the average man. The average man does not own his own mind. It does not belong to him. It is often ruled over and governed by the rank superstitions of others."

-- Joseph Murphy

Find Your Power Place

"Part of knowing your purpose is knowing what your life work is. What is it that gives your life a sense of meaning and purpose? Once you find that, it puts you in your power place."

-- Les Brown

Goals Give You The Drive and Energy

"Without a goal we are much like the man with a boat and nowhere to go. Goals give us the drive and energy we need to remain on the track long enough for their accomplishment. Like the captain of the ship about to leave port, we should be able to tell anyone our next port of call—and perhaps the one after that too."

-- Earl Nightingale

The First Constant of Success

"The first constant factor is purpose. One must know that in whatever he does he is moving forward toward a goal. Aimlessness is the worst enemy of success.  One can hardly feel successful in a bog. But as long as one has purpose he feels that his energies and creative thought are taking him somewhere, and there is satisfaction in the journey just as there is despair whenever we feel, as we often insightfully put it, that we are “getting nowhere.”"

-- Og Mandino

Profile of a Wealthy Person

"The profile of a wealthy person is this: hard work, perseverance, and most of all, self-discipline. The average wealthy person has lived all his adult life in the same town. He’s been married once and is still married. He lives in a middle-class neighborhood next to people with a fraction of his wealth. He’s a compulsive saver and investor, and he’s made his money on his own. Eighty percent of America’s millionaires are first generation rich. (Doesn’t sound like opportunity is dead to me.) Put all your excuses aside and remember this: You are capable."

-- Zig Ziglar

By-Product of Sheer Determination and Hard Work

"Success is a by-product of sheer determination and hard work. It’s as if the subconscious has been so intensely programmed that it somehow supercharges the conscious mind and body on a regular basis, and this is what carries the person across the finish line of any all-consuming desire. It was Sullenberger who said, “We need to try to do the right thing every time, to perform at our best because we never know at what moment in our lives we will be judged.”"

-- John Paul Carinci

Acknowledge The Obstacles and Hindrance

"Merely thinking positively doesn’t actually move us forward in our lives. We also need to acknowledge obstacles and hindrances that must be overcome. This grounding is beneficial because it moves us toward action. We start the transition from being dreamers to doers."

-- John F. Westfall

Mastering Motivation

"Motivation is not something you are born with.  The feeling that you are energized and want to do something cannot be relied upon to always be there.  Mastering motivation is building the capacity to do what matters most to you, even when a part of you does not feel like it."

-- Julie Smith

Remember To Invest in Your Health

"Remember, too, to invest in your health, even if you haven’t done much of that in the past. As I explained earlier, your health massively changes your ability to enjoy all kinds of experiences. So it’s well worth your while to spend time and money improving or at least maintaining your health, whether by joining a ritzy gym (the kind you actually look forward to visiting), hiring a personal trainer, or following along with fitness videos."

-- Bill Perkins

Be Like The Inventors

"Inventors are the most driven individuals because they must do the seemingly impossible. They invent something or improve something in a manner that hasn’t been done before. All along the way the inventor experiences failed attempts. Sometimes those failed attempts number in the thousands, but that doesn’t deter the inventor. He welcomes failure, realizing that each new failure brings him closer to his breakthrough, the successful completion of the invention."

-- John Paul Carinci

No Matter How Badly Things Seem To Be Going

"No matter how badly things seem to be going, they can usually get better when we change the way we perceive them. This is something I’ve known deep down since I was very young. Even in my teens, I remember paraphrasing a Chinese proverb to a friend who was sad and down in the dumps. ‘We can’t prevent the birds of sorrow flying over our heads,’ I told her. ‘But we can stop them making nests in our hair.’ That’s how I lived my life and it’s a message I will continue to pass on."

-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup

Adaptive Coping Style

"Adaptive coping style. That means confronting problems directly, appraising them honestly, and dealing with them directly without excessive rumination, unhealthy emotional reactions, or avoidance behavior."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

The Power of Forgiveness

"Forgive yourself and others. Forgiveness helps release the anger and pain that haunt the past.  When we forgive others, it helps us far more than them. We can assume they’ll never own up to the damage they did, but it doesn’t matter. As soon as we choose to release them and forgive, a tremendous weight falls away from us. It’s not easy but it is essential."

-- John F. Westfall

Human Connection

"Human connection is a powerful tool for stress resilience. Your relationships change your biology and psychology."

-- Julie Smith

The True Sign of a Winner

"Any marathon runner or bike racer or Olympic athlete must focus on the finish line. They must keep the cobwebs out, go through their routine endless times. They visualize their technique and what to avoid along the way. In other words, they psych themselves up or motivate themselves. The true sign of a winner is that they expect to win. Many winners never once think of failure or that they might not succeed."

-- John Paul Carinci

To Become A Resounding Succes

"Mozart did not write a single piece of music that became a resounding success and retire a wealthy man. Mozart wrote hundreds of pieces of music and many of them were masterpieces that made him famous but most of them were regular pieces of music that were forgettable and forgotten by history. Shakespeare did not write Macbeth as a stand-alone piece of genius. He wrote it alongside some of the worst plays that he had ever written. The point here is that these geniuses did more than most. They wrote more than most.  They practised more than most. They published more than most and in so doing they refined their craft. They shut up and did things. They lived action words like did, wrote, practised, published and built.  They did not think about building, doing, writing, they did them."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

You Have A Choice

"Realize that at every moment you have a choice. The choices you make reflect your priorities, so be sure you’re making those choices deliberately."

-- Bill Perkins

The Quantum Model of Reality

"The quantum model of reality tells us that to change our lives, we must fundamentally change the ways we think, act, and feel. We must change our state of being. Because how we think, feel, and behave is, in essence, our personality, it is our personality that creates our personal reality. So to create a new personal reality, a new life, we must create a new personality; we must become someone else.  To change, then, is to “be” greater than our present circumstances, greater than our environment." 

-- Dr. Joe Dispenza

Let It Go When You Are Ready

"Think about who you want to be now. We are not trapped, and the things we endured or experienced don’t have to define us. Just because we were victimized doesn’t mean we have to be a victim now. Just because we failed doesn’t make us a failure now. Just because our hearts are broken doesn’t mean we won’t love or be loved again. It may seem normal to hold on to past pain, but it is also normal to let it go when we are ready."

-- John F. Westfall

Whatever Is Being Fed Into Your Mind

"Remember that the subconscious mind will accept whatever is being fed into it on a constant basis. Be very careful what you routinely think about and what influences you allow to penetrate this most powerful part of your mind. In other words, the subconscious will accept fact or fiction that is consistently passed into it through our conscious thoughts. Therefore, if I were to repeat a series of positive statements, or affirmations, as they are often called, they would be absorbed and accepted."

-- John Paul Carinci

Have a Healthy Body Weight

"Healthy body weight. Avoid obesity. Without being fanatical, maintain a body weight in the normal range, eating in a moderate, healthy way without yo-yo dieting or crazy restrictions you can’t maintain over the long run."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

The Relationship Between Sleep and Mental Health

"The relationship between sleep and mental health works both ways. Prioritizing sleep will help your mental health, and making changes to your day will affect your sleep."

-- Julie Smith

When You Set Your Mind To It

"As far as I’m concerned, it doesn’t matter how unrealistic or far-fetched a dream or ambition may be. I am quite convinced that we all have it in us to achieve nearly everything we set our mind to."

-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup

The Secret Weapon in All Families

"The secret weapon in all families is forgiveness. Almost all unresolved conflict comes down to unresolved resentment, so a practice of forgiving each other explicitly and implicitly is extremely important."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

More Valuable Than Money

"Nothing has a greater effect on your ability to enjoy experiences—at any age—than your health. In fact, health is actually a lot more valuable than money, because no amount of money can ever make up for very poor health—whereas people in good health but with little money can still have many wonderful experiences."

-- Bill Perkins

The Rule of Habits

"It is a well-known rule that habits are formed in about twenty days. You can break a bad habit or form a new good habit in three weeks’ time. So, if you want to stop smoking, that habit can be broken by doing without cigarettes for three weeks.  Easier said than done, I know. But by utilizing positive affirmations, the bad habit can fall by the wayside. Here are a few such statements to try:

“Stop smoking! Stop!”

“Stop ruining your lungs!”

“Stop! I have so much to live for! I’m killing myself!”

“Stop! You can’t do this!”"

-- John Paul Carinci

Move On In A Healthy Way

"We should avoid assuming we know why things happened the way they did, or why people treated us a certain way, or why we did what we did. These assumptions are usually wrong, because we are looking at the circumstances through distorted thinking. Rather than assume, it is sometimes possible to check reality. Often we can test our opinions and see if we are right. Even if we come up with many possible reasons, we still won’t know for certain.  It’s all right to recognize we may never know for certain why things happened the way they did. It’s okay. After examining the experience, we can still choose to move on in a healthy way."

-- John F. Westfall

Things Do Not Often Happen

"THINGS DON’T OFTEN HAPPEN IN our lives like we have hoped. When we encounter unfavorable outcomes, we often experience difficult emotions. If this is happening to you right now, no matter how overwhelming and terrifying it is, I want you to know that you can weather the storm. You are stronger than you feel right now and wiser than you believe."

-- Haemin Sunim

Enjoying Things That Amaze You

"Spend more time enjoying things that amaze you.  Happiness specialist Gretchen Rubin visits the Metropolitan Museum of Art almost daily, for example. Incorporating awe into your daily life might mean making sure you see the sunset as often as you can or studying astronomy—or whatever it is that blows your mind."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

Whether The Goal or Task is Small or Large

"Whether the goal or task is small or large, the concept and method are the same. In fact, I recommend right this minute that you come up with three very small tasks. Write them down, but do only one at a time. Celebrate each small victory in your mind. Once you achieve the third goal, it will be time to choose bigger, longer-term tasks, dreams, goals. But you will be confident that the system works and that you are capable of reaching each finish line."

-- John Paul Carinci

How To Make Things Happen

"So how are you going to go about making things happen to reach that goal? It won’t just happen. You need to make a list (it could be long; it could be very short) of the things that have to happen to achieve your aim. After all, if you don’t know what they are, how are you going to make sure they actually do happen?"

-- Richard Templar

If You Do One Thing Today

"If you do one thing today, make it exercise. Choose something you enjoy and you increase your chances of keeping it going."

-- Julie Smith

We Can Control Our Lives

"We can control our lives by controlling the impulses our mind sends out every split second. And it literally is every split second that your subconscious mind is sending these thought impulses to your conscious mind. Thus, our subconscious mind, which works always in the background, is silently controlling our actions and our moods and, more importantly, advertising to everyone all around us exactly how we feel."

-- John Paul Carinci

Important To Nurture Your Body

"Eating the right things is one of the most important ways we nurture our bodies. Whatever size your body, whatever it can or can’t do, it is yours and it deserves to be taken care of, inside and out."

-- Trinny Woodall

When You Are Ready To Let Go

"When you are ready to let go of something from the past, it can help to do something tangible that symbolizes the release of the memory. Some people, for example, take small stones to a pond or lake, and with each stone they state a memory they desire to leave behind, then throw the stone into the lake,symbolizing the release and end of that memory’s grip on them."

-- John F. Westfall

Stay Physically Active

"Exercise. Stay physically active, even with a sedentary job. Arguably the single best, time-tested way to do this is walking every day."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

The Better Your Health

"To some extent, the rate of physical health decline is up to you. The better you maintain your health, the less steep your decline. For example, the lung function curve for nonsmokers is a lot flatter than the curve for smokers. The better your health in a given year, the more you will be able to enjoy your experiences that year. So, yes, you will decline—but you have a say in the shape of the decline! That’s a good thing, because the better you’re able to maintain your health during your lifetime, the higher your lifetime fulfillment score will be."

-- Bill Perkins

Be The Master of Your Emotions

"If I feel inferior, I will wear new garments. If I feel uncertain, I will raise my voice. If I feel poverty, I will think of wealth to come. If I feel incompetent, I will remember past success. If I feel insignificant, I will remember my goals. Today I will be the master of my emotions."

-- John Paul Carinci 

The Third Pillar of Happier Life

"The third pillar for building a happier life is meaningful work. Hundreds of studies have shown that job satisfaction and life satisfaction are positively related, and causal: liking your job causes you to be happier all around. Engaging in work with your whole heart is one of the best ways to enjoy your days, get satisfaction from your accomplishments, and see meaning in your efforts. Work, at its best, is “love made visible,” in the elegant words of the Lebanese poet Kahlil Gibran."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

If You Have Lost Track of Your Dreams

"If you have lost track of what your dreams are, not just in work but in life itself, think back to when you were a child.  A time when you believed that anything was possible. What did you dream of then?  What are you most passionate about and happiest doing in your life right now?  Write down your answers and look at them carefully. Ask yourself if there’s a job out there somewhere that would involve doing the things that you love. You might even find a way of creating a job for yourself that involves all the things you love."

-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup

Our Mental Health Defence

"Our mental health defence players provide the foundations of good health. When we nurture them daily they pay us back with interest."

-- Julie Smith

In Releasing The Past

"When we choose to let go of the past, with all the resentment, shame, and memories of abuse it brings, we are free to live each day with confidence and hope. Choosing to let go is not the same as denying what may have happened, nor does it suggest it won’t take time and effort to let it go in a healthy way. We won’t forget, but we can forgive. In releasing the past, we release ourselves. When we forgive, the person who is most impacted is ourselves."

-- John F. Westfall

Break The Habit of Being Ourselves

"So a person may consciously want to be happy, healthy, or free, but the experience of hosting 20 years of suffering and the repeated cycling of those chemicals of pain and pity have subconsciously conditioned the body to be in a habitual state. We live by habit when we’re no longer aware of what we’re thinking, doing, or feeling; we become unconscious. The greatest habit we must break is the habit of being ourselves."

-- Dr. Joe Dispenza

When You Relax Into The Rhythm

"Your life begins to open up as you relax into the rhythm. Each problem that comes your way will no longer feel like such a large speed bump. You will begin to focus more on your quality of life and be present in the moment. This can happen when we focus on the big picture. Think of yourself as a Hollywood movie director; just as a director has to focus on the grand scheme of things, the big picture is the overall storyline of the movie, not just one scene. The big-picture plan for your life is all about taking a step back and seeing the bigger picture at play. You are right where you need to be in order to get to where you want to go. To focus on what’s not working can hinder your happiness."

-- Shannon Kaiser

Master Your Motivation

"To master your motivation, create choice, connection, and competence, which leads to the optimal motivation you need for achieving your goals."

-- Susan Fowler

Failure Not The End of Something

"Failure is not the end of something but the beginning of something else. I’ve spent my life building things, failing, figuring out the lessons from the failure and then doing something slightly (or completely) different to see if the outcome is different or the same. If the outcome is the same – another failure – then I tweak it again."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

Where You and Your Children Are

"Where you and your children are in your lives matters, too. Just as you can’t keep delaying ski trips because there is a minimum level of basic health you need in order to go skiing, you can’t keep delaying time with your six-year-old, because eventually your child won’t be six. Or seven. Or a child. The fact that those opportunities gradually disappear should cause you to reevaluate how much money you’d be willing to give up to have those experiences."

-- Bill Perkins

The Other Side of Uncomforable

"Pushing out of our comfort zone and reaching for that healthy body, reaching for that dream job, or choosing to be single and independent rather than leaning on a relationship that does not serve us can be scary. Although it is scary, my life today is proof that it is worth it. On the other side of being uncomfortable are joy, peace, and abundant love."

-- Shannon Kaiser

Stop Giving Power To Your Past

"We too can learn from the past, but we aren’t bound by things we have done or not done. We can determine how much of our past will affect us now.  We also determine what aspects of our past we will let shape our attitudes and actions. The past has no power to do anything—unless we give it the power."

-- John F. Westfall

The Mind Is So Powerful

"The mind is so powerful that if we could harness its immense capabilities, we could run an entire state’s computer system. Our mind, if programmed properly, will bring forth to its owner an abundance o f wealth, fame, love, success, and anything that is truly desired."

-- John Paul Carinci

Practising Self-Compassion

"When someone is down, we show them kindness because we know it is what they need. So, if you are committed to managing your mood and overall mental health, commit to practising self-compassion. Once you understand the problem, use it to help you work out where you want to go and focus on the horizon ahead of you."

-- Julie Smith

What Is Worth Spending

"Instead of thinking about what you do and what you buy in terms of money, think about them in terms of time. Think about it. What ls worth spending your life on? Seeing your work in that light just may change the way you manage your time."

-- John C. Maxwell

The Universe Is Working Behind

"No matter what the immediate situation looks like, remember there are always things happening behind the scenes. Much like a Broadway play or Hollywood movie, things are going on behind the curtain: actors prepare to go on stage, makeup is being applied, lights are adjusted, the director gives direction. Behind the curtain things are always happening, the same way the universe is working behind the scenes to get you what you want. We must trust that the show will go on. Because it always does."

-- Shannon Kaiser

Take That First Step

"Remember the old Chinese proverb: ‘A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.’ Take that first step and you are closer to reaching your goal."

-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup

True Potential and Happiness

"If you are ready to manage your wants—to start chipping away—the first step is to ask what exactly needs chipping. And that raises the question “What is my why?” The bestselling author and speaker Simon Sinek always gives people in search of true success in work and life the advice that they need to find their why. That is, he tells them that to unlock their true potential and happiness, they need to articulate their deep purpose in life and shed the activities that are not in service of that purpose. Your why is the sculpture inside the block of jade."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

Learning Is That Difference

"There’s a difference between failing and feeling like a failure and I think that learning is that difference. When you learn through a failure you have not failed. You’ve learned how not to do something. You’ve learned a new way to not solve the problem you are working on."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

The Raw Material of Success

"Failure is just the raw material of success. We all screw up; we all have weaknesses; we all have growing pains. And we all have at least one story in us of an occasion when we’ve reframed a particular failure, where we’ve changed our perspective, and have seen how a failure turned out to be the best thing that ever happened."

-- Bill Burnett

Issues Are Part of Life

"When my parents started to wake up each day with gratitude, they detached from the daily drama. Instead of focusing on the issues, they held space for laughter, life, and love. Problems still happened, but there were less of them, and those that did occur were not as troublesome. You see, issues are part of life, but the drama around those issues is optional. Break up with your issues. The joyful way to stop feeling victimized in your life is to actualize your gratitude."

-- Shannon Kaiser

Your Outer Reality

"If your thoughts determine your reality, and you keep thinking the same thoughts (which are a product and reflection of the environment), then you will continue to produce the same reality day after day. Thus, your internal thoughts and feelings exactly match your external life, because it is your outer reality—with all of its problems, conditions, and circumstances—that is influencing how you’re thinking and feeling in your inner reality."

-- Dr. Joe Dispenza

Change Yourself First

"The problem with some people is that they have no vision or imagination. When they see or experience something unique, they can’t visualize it working long-term. Some people are in a mental rut; they have no problem accepting all the amazing improvements in technology, but they don’t want to modify their own thinking to improve their position in the world. Leo Tolstoy said, “Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.” And British politician Harold Wilson put it this way: “He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.”"

-- John Paul Carinci

Welcome Your Pain

"Welcome your pain, for it will make you see the truth. Embrace your failure, for it will serve as a catalyst for growth. Love your inner chaos, for it will lead to self-discovery."

-- Haemin Sunim

I Do Then I Fail Then I Learn

"I’ve discovered through lots of doing and failing that this is the best way for me to learn and improve. I do, then I fail, then I learn. The more I do the more I learn. Sure that comes with a significant amount of failure in amongst it all, but what’s a little pain to achieve a little gain?"

-- Nicholas Haralambous

The Situations in Your Life

"If you are struggling with situations in your life, focusing on why it is happening can keep you playing small; when you focus on “Why me?” you are not able to move forward in life. But turning your attention to the situation and appreciating it can create miracles in your life. Try it out here: Take a situation in your life right now that is causing you a lot of emotional stress."

-- Shannon Kaiser

Happiness in Life

"Choosing happiness doesn’t mean you should click your heels together three times while wishing to go to your happy place. The secret to happiness in life design isn’t making the right choice; it’s learning to choose well."

-- Bill Burnett

Choose To Be Thankful

"It’s easy to become distracted by all the burdens, betrayals, successes, and failures from the past we carry with us every day. In time we become worn down, losing perspective and not feeling freedom or joy. But when we choose to be thankful in the midst of our troubles and frustrations, we begin a healing process that helps us live beyond our past."

-- John Paul Carinci

Focus on Making Good Decision

"Focus on making good decisions, not perfect ones. ‘Good enough’ steers you towards real change. Perfectionism causes decision-making paralysis, whereas improving your mood demands that you make decisions and take action."

-- Julie Smith

The Sum of Your Experiences

"The main idea here is that your life is the sum of your experiences. This just means that everything you do in life—all the daily, weekly, monthly, annual, and once-in-a-lifetime experiences you have—adds up to who you are. When you look back on your life, the richness of those experiences will determine your judgment of how full a life you’ve led. So it stands to reason that you should put some serious thought and effort into planning the kinds of experiences that you want for yourself."

-- Bill Perkins

An Integral Part of Learning

"Failure is an integral part of learning. Unfortunately the world today believes that failing is bad and as a result we have, on the whole, become fearful of failure. I’ve spent my life embracing failure, indulging the experience, basking in the frustration and despondence that failure brings."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

Maintain That Winning Attitude

"So, it is important to maintain that winning attitude no matter how rough the road to the goal. It is important to use positive affirmations to remind the mind, to psych up the mind, so no negative impulses will jeopardize or get in the way of that finish line, that award ceremony you will have at the time of your achievement."

-- John Paul Carinci

Become Your Own Life Inventor

"Today, this special day, let us use our imagination. Let us make believe that we are an inventor such as Thomas Edison. And during this experiment let us each do something new, challenging, and almost impossible. Let us become the inventor of our own life. Maybe we can emulate that persevering mindset of the great inventor for an entire week! You will be shocked at how you attack work and life like the inventor you have imagined yourself to be."

-- John Paul Carinci

Dwelling in the Past

"Dwelling in the past isn’t limited to recalling painful, negative experiences or memories. We can also focus on good things, celebrations, past experiences, and achievements, and even though they’re positive, they can still keep us from experiencing the joy and freedom of today."

-- John F. Westfall

Life Design is a Journey

"We know that life gets messy.  For every step forward, it can sometimes seem you are moving two steps back. Mistakes will be made, prototypes thrown away. An important part of the process is letting go—of your first idea and of a good-but-not-great solution. And sometimes amazing designs can emerge from the mess. The Slinky was invented this way. Teflon was created this way. Super Glue. Play-Doh. None of these things would exist if a designer somewhere hadn’t screwed up. When you learn to think like a designer you learn to be aware of the process. Life design is a journey; let go of the end goal and focus on the process and see what happens next."

-- Bill Burnett

Action Is Power

"The more powerful a person is, the more they identify with achieving their goals and the more they persist in the face of resistance. Knowledge is not power, action is power."

-- Chris Lipp

Make It Part of Your Thinking

"Now I tell people that I was born with a burning desire to follow my dreams, and I sincerely believe that if you say that often enough it becomes such a part of your thinking that the last thing you’ll do is give up on whatever your dream is."

-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup

Positive Influenced Other Lives

"The true measure of a person’s success in life should not be judged by their rise to wealth or stature, but rather by the degree to which they have positively influenced other lives in their own lifetime."

--  JPC

The Power of Any Thought

"Thoughts are not facts. They are suggestions offered up to us by the brain to help us make sense of the world. The power of any thought is in how much we believe it to be the only truth. Taking power out of those thoughts starts with stepping back, getting some distance (metacognition) and seeing them for what they are."

-- Julie Smith

Important of Strength Training

"I really would urge every woman to consider some form of strength training. It is one of the most important things you can do to keep you mobile and active as you go down the path of life and it is never too early or late to start. Not only does it improve your balance and stability, it increases bone density, which is vital for protecting against osteoporosis. Plus there is something very satisfying about picking up a heavy box and realising you are quite capable of moving it by yourself." 

-- Trinny Woodall

Aim At Perfection in Everything

"Aim at perfection in everything, though in most things it is unattainable. However, they who aim at it, and  ersevere, will come much nearer to it than those whose laziness and despondency make them give it up as unattainable."

-- Lord Chesterfield

The Strenght of Character

"A man should conceive of a legitimate purpose in his heart, and set out to accomplish it. He should make this purpose the centralizing point of his thoughts. It may take the form of a spiritual ideal, or it may be a worldly object, according to his nature at the time being; but whichever it is, he should steadily focus his thought forces upon the object which he has set before him. He should make this purpose his supreme duty, not allowing his thoughts to wander away into ephemeral fancies, longings, and imaginings. This is the royal road to self-control and true concentration of thought. Even if he fails again and again to accomplish his purpose (as he necessarily must until weakness is overcome), the strength of character gained will be the measure of his true success, and this will form a new starting point for future power and triumph."

-- James Allen

Learn From Our Past Experiences

"If our goal is to live each day with freedom and joy, we have a chance to learn from our past experiences without allowing them to interfere with the happiness and confidence that come from living intentionally today."

-- John F. Westfall

No Use Going Back To Yesterday

 "It’s no use going back to yesterday, because I was a different person then. 

-— Lewis Carroll

Your Life Energy

"Making deliberate choices about how to spend your money and your time is the essence of making the most of your life energy."

-- Bill Perkins

Quit Drinking Right Now

"Drinking. Alcohol abuse is one of the most obvious factors in the Grant Study leading to Sad-Sick and putting Happy-Well out of reach. If there is any indication of problem drinking in your life, or if you have drinking problems in your family, do not wonder about it or take your chances. Quit drinking right now."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

Build The Plane On The Way Down

"There’s a startup saying that you should jump off a cliff and build the plane on the way down. That’s how you should look at a new job, a new city, a new partner or anything that you are scared to do: jump off the cliff and figure out the rest on your way down. That’s what I did"

-- Nicholas Haralambous

Choose Your Thoughts

"Trying not to think about something tends to make us think about it more. Allowing all thoughts to be present, but choosing which ones we give our time and attention to, can have a powerful impact on our emotional experience."

-- Julie Smith

Succcess in Life

"Success in life is having abundance to the degree that you can readily give.  

Success in life is adding value to the lives of those around us.

Success in life is building and creating a life aligned with your dreams."

-- Ryan Gottfredson

It Is Up To You To Push Yourself

"When you’re an adult, it’s down to you to push yourself, and I still push myself using lessons my mother taught me when I was very young. One way she kept me on track was to question decisions I made. If I said, ‘Oh, I don’t really feel like practicing today,’ she’d say, ‘Well, think about how you’ll feel on Saturday if you don’t do well in your competition. You’ll only have yourself to blame, and you’ll never know if you could have done better if you’d practised!’"

-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup

Spending on Memory Dividend

"Many psychological studies have shown that spending money on experiences makes us happier than spending money on things. Unlike material possessions, which seem exciting at the beginning but then often depreciate quickly, experiences actually gain in value over time: They pay what I call a memory dividend."

-- Bill Perkins

If You Want To Change

"If you want to change, you must have in your thoughts an idealized self—a model that you can emulate, which is different from, and better than, the “you” that exists today in your particular environment, body, and time. Every great person in history knew how to do this, and you can attain greatness in your own life once you master the concepts and techniques to come."

-- Dr. Joe Dispenza

People Who Get What They Want

"People who get what they want are generally decisive people. And if you want to do this without having to ask, you need to be doubly firm with yourself. It’s OK —decisive behavior may not come naturally to all of us, but you can learn it. Just jump in with both feet. It gets easier every time."

-- Richard Templar

Self-Worth in Material Terms

"I saw a cartoon some years ago of a man on his deathbed, telling his grieving loved ones, “I wish I’d bought more crap.” Successful people often keep working to increase their wealth, accumulating far beyond anything they could possibly spend and more than they want to bequeath. One day I asked a wealthy friend why this is so. His answer was that many people who have gotten rich know how to measure their self-worth only in material terms, so they stay on the hedonic treadmill of earning and acquiring, year after year. They hope that at some point, they will finally feel truly successful, happy, and thus ready to die. But it never works."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

Those Small Little Habits

"These small, everyday actions had their own value; the pressure of my daily habits would mold my future.  These habits were little things on their own, but their combined weight was massive."

-- Gretchen Rubin

Explore Life Began With Dreaming

"My desire to explore life began with dreaming. When I was a child I used to watch famous dancers, actors and singers on stage and television and think, ‘That’s what I’m going to do one day.’ And I never for a moment doubted that my dream would come true."

-- Camilla Sacre-Dallerup

Making Time for Your Emotions

"Once the storm quiets down, and it will surely pass, don’t feel the need to pick yourself up immediately and get right back to where you were before. Give yourself time to sit with your present feelings. Once you make time and space for your emotions, you will be able to process them easily and ask important questions such as “What am I feeling now?” “What are my emotions trying to tell me?” and “What did I learn from the experience?” When we pose these questions with curiosity, rather than with judgment, we will come to see deeper truths about ourselves."

-- Haemin Sunim

Do Then Fail Then Learn Then Repeat

"Get it done. Then get it live. Then try to get it perfect sometime in the future maybe, if you have some time. Do then fail then learn then repeat. Any part in isolation won’t work out."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

The Chains of Your Past

"What has profoundly and positively changed my life, and the lives of so many others, is the understanding that changing one’s mind—and thereby having new experiences and gaining new insights—is simply a matter of breaking the habit of being oneself. When you overcome your senses, when you understand that you are not bound by the chains of your past—when you live a life that is greater than your body, your environment, and time—all things are possible. The universal intelligence that animates the existence of all things will both surprise and delight you. It wants nothing more than to provide you with access to all you want. In short, when you change your mind, you change your life."

-- Dr. Joe Dispenza

If You Want To Be Happy

"If you want to be happy, you have to state your honest aspiration to be happy, to be willing to be a little less special in worldly terms, and thus to stop objectifying yourself. You must state your desire to lighten your load with pride’s opposing virtue: humility."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

Your Positive Emotions

"Positive emotions supply us with energy and drive. Experiencing a positive emotion about anything will direct our attention toward it, whether it’s something that has to be done or an activity that distracts us from a task."

-- Mary Lamia

Don't Cloud Your Own Judgement

"Some people’s identities get caught up with where they ‘should be’ at certain points. It is a very human thing to compare ourselves to others. But this can cloud our judgement and get in the way of going after what we really want."

-- Trinny Woodall

Life is Full of Moments

"Life is full of moments. One moment after another. Some moments pass by with you barely noticing. Other moments stay with you forever. They change the way you think, you see, you live."

-- Robert Holden

What’s Going To Propel You Forward

"Consider your purpose; what you’re here to do. When you’re standing there looking down at the water about to jump, you have to know why you’re doing it.  I want to jump off the high dive because I want to be able to do fun things. I want to be able to swim. I want to be included by my friends. I want to feel courageous. I don’t want to be scared anymore.  Those reasons are going to inspire that person to jump off the high dive because they are compelling. What are your reasons? What’s going to propel you forward?"

-- Dr. Aziz Gazipura

Your Life in Your Mind

"Your subconscious mind will automatically play out the details of your life for you, based on whatever program it holds. If you take charge and direct what’s in there, the subconscious will create your life, and your world will be what you’ve chosen."

-- Natalie Reid

When You Do Create Purposefully

"When you do create purposefully, request a sign from the quantum consciousness that you have made contact with it. Dare to ask for synchronicities related to your specific desired outcomes. When you do, you are being bold enough to want to know that this consciousness is real and that it is aware of your efforts. Once you accept this, then you can create in a state of joy and inspiration."

-- Dr. Joe Dispenza

What Do You Prioritised

"For example, if you prioritise your kids and they make you happy then you should maintain that priority as long and as often as possible. Get home to bath them, play in the garden and sit at the dinner table. If that’s what success looks like to you, then make that happen. If you prioritise work and you want to work all-nighters and that fulfils you, then that’s cool too."

-- Nicholas Haralambous

Until You Value Yourself

"Time is valuable. Psychiatrist and author M. Scott Peck said, until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it."

-- John C. Maxwell

Make A Firm Decision To Take Action

"If you want something, you have to go for it. You don’t necessarily have to sacrifice everything (sometimes you do) but you do have to make a firm decision to take action. It’s no good saying you want to give up smoking if you just carry on lighting up and thinking how nice it would be if you could stop. Do something about it."

-- Richard Templar

Stress and Meditation

"Stress can keep us stuck in a place where we can’t focus on anything else other than the source of our stress. I find that it affects my memory and focus, and meditation is a great way to manage this."

-- Trinny Woodall

Create Courage Within Yourself

 "You can choose right now to create courage within yourself. All it takes is the dedication required to apply the practices that follow on a daily basis. When combined with a strong enough “why”, there will be no end to the amount of courage you will be able to generate."

-- Dr. Aziz Gazipura

While Financial Goals Are Important

"I do think when you focus too much on a financial gain, however, it doesn’t create good energy. It can make you feel fear because it involves putting a certain value on what you deem to be success. So while financial goals are important – we all want to feel financially stable and money is a fact of life – they shouldn’t pull all of our focus."

-- Trinny Woodall

When You Concentrate One Area

"Concentrating on one area of your life two days a week feels long enough to experience the possibilities of change, and to feel that potential permeate the rest of the week."

-- Emma Cook

What Pain Teach Us

"Pain teaches life lessons, pleasure doesn’t."

-- Haemin Sunim

The Greatest Glory in Living

"The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

-- Nelson Mandela

Looking Good or Learning and Growing

"This is a small difference with huge implications. Each of us has a battle going on within. We want to look good to others, but we also want to learn and grow. However, it is quite difficult to do both at the same time. If we want to look good, we are unlikely to put ourselves in positions where we may make mistakes and fail. But aren’t these the very situations where we are likely to learn and grow the most? To resolve this battle, we end up developing neural connections that cause us to focus on one over the other: looking good or learning and growing."

-- Ryan Gottfredson

Why Waste Time Proving

"Why waste time proving over and over how great you are, when you could be getting better?"

-- Carol Dweck

Where You Find Peace

"You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level."

-- Eckhart Tolle

The Test of All Knowledge

"The test of all knowledge is experiment… . Experiment is the sole judge of scientific ‘truth’.”

-- Richard P. Feynman

Identify Thoughts That create Best Outcomes

"Most people I know experience a spectrum of hopes and fears every day of their lives. The people who experience consistent success have learned how to identify with the thoughts that create the best outcomes. Even these people may still hit rough patches. And when they do, they call someone, they pray, they meditate, they get coached, and they find a way to choose again."

-- Robert Holden

Once You Truly Adopted A Habit

"Once we’ve truly adopted a habit, it comes easily, without decision making. But until that point—and many habits, alas, can never be completely taken for granted—giving ourselves a little boost with treats helps us maintain our self-command.  Goethe pointed out, “Whatever liberates our spirit without giving us mastery over ourselves is destructive.” And whatever liberates our spirit while giving us mastery over ourselves is constructive."

-- Gretchen Rubin

Love Is Our Essential Nutrient

"Love is our essential nutrient. Without it, life has little meaning. It’s the best thing we have to give and the most valuable thing we receive. It’s worthy of all the hullabaloo."

-- Cheryl Strayed

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

Craft A Habit

"Think about yourself—what you’re like, what appeals to you, when you’ve succeeded in the past. When you craft a habit to suit your particular idiosyncrasies, you set yourself up for success."

-- Gretchen Rubin

Have A Growth Mindset

"When someone possesses a fixed mindset, they believe that their abilities, talents, and intelligence, as well as those of others, cannot change. When someone possesses a growth mindset, they believe that their personal attributes are able to change."

--  Ryan Gottfredson

Identify Your Busyness

"An important key to success is the courage to look at your busyness and identify what it is really about. It is my experience that busyness is often an excuse, a defense, or a resistance to an important challenge. In other words, busyness is a blindfold you wear when you’re afraid to face something. Busyness is often just fear. It can also mask a lack of trust. I often challenge my clients to explore how they might be using their busyness to avoid something important, such as intimacy, change, purpose, God, themselves, and even success."

-- Robert Holden

Walk Boldly Ahead

"Hold space for your personhood. You don’t need permission from anyone else to flourish. You don’t have to wait for other people to catch up to you. It is OK to walk boldly ahead. Go to yoga. Run. Wake up early and have quiet time. Practice your art. Buy yourself flowers. Be dedicated to your dreams. Be accountable to yourself. Don’t give so much of yourself to others that you begin to disappear from your own story."

-- Stacie Bloomfield

How You Look At Fear

"You must begin this journey by finding a new way to treat fear. You have to change your relationship with fear. The best way to do that is to follow through with it. This means that you must look fear in the face and stand up to it."

-- Dr. Aziz Gazipura

Be a Warrior for Love

"You will learn a lot from yourself if you stretch in the direction of goodness, of bigness, of kindness, of forgiveness, of emotional bravery. Be a warrior for love."

--Cheryl Strayed

Either Flowers or Weeds Will Grow

"Here’s a critical point: Once you have initiated the cause, the effect takes place by itself. Once you have pushed the rock down the hill, it rolls by itself, by the law of gravity. Once you have planted a positive or negative seed in your mind, either flowers or weeds will grow. You can control the cause, but the effect happens automatically, whether you want it to or not."

-- Brian Tracy

The Greatest Discovery in Life

"The greatest discovery in life is self-discovery. Until you find yourself you will always be someone else. Become yourself."

-- Myles Munroe

The Force of Massive Success

"Time is the force that magnifies those simple daily disciplines into massive success.  To grasp how the slight edge works, you have to view your actions through the eyes of time. Difficult takes a little time; impossible takes just a little longer."

--  Jeff Olson

Don't Let This Happen To You

"As you move forward on the success journey, you need to remember that what happens in you is more important than what happens to you. You can control your attitudes as you travel on the journey, but you have no control over the actions of others. You can choose what to put on your calendar, but you can't control today's circumstances. Unfortunately, the majority of the fear and stress that people experience in life is from things they can do nothing about. Don't let that happen to you."

-- John C. Maxwell

What Determine What Happen To You

"The most important application of the law of cause and effect is this: Thoughts are causes, and conditions are effects. Your thought is creative.  You determine what happens to you by the thoughts you think, especially those thoughts that are charged with emotion, either positive or negative.  Your thoughts are like the computer in a guided missile. They lead you unerringly to your target."

-- Brian Tracy

Have A Growth Mindset

"Those with a growth mindset, in contrast, believe that intelligence is not finite, and one can improve through effort and hard work. They recognize that failure is an opportunity for growth and learning, rather than a sign of one’s lack of ability. Individuals who adopt a growth mindset approach learning with less stress and anxiety than one with a fixed mindset, and are less likely to have perfectionistic tendencies, since they value mistakes as a chance to learn."

-- Lisa Orbe-Austin

Taking Responsibility of Your Life

"Taking responsibility means figuring out what you want in life and acting on it. Set your goals—then go out and work toward them. Figure out what kind of space you would like to live in … then create it. It doesn’t take a lot of money to create a peaceful, loving home for yourself. Look around and see who you would love to include in your circle of friends … then pick up the phone and make plans to get together. Don’t sit around waiting for them to call you."

--  Susan Jeffers

Be Grateful for All Your Blessings

"Your natural state is to be happy, healthy, joyous, and full of excitement at being alive. You should wake up each morning eager to start the day.  You should feel wonderful about yourself and your relationships with the people in your life. As a fully functioning, mature adult, you should be doing things every day that move you upward and onward toward the realization of your full potential. You should be grateful for all your blessings, in every area of your life."

-- Brian Tracy

Growth Equals To Change

"Growth equals change. If you want to get better, you have to keep changing and improving. That means stepping out into new areas. If you dedicate time to new things related to areas of strength, then in you'11 grow as a leader. Don't forget: leadership, if you're through growing, you're through."

-- John C. Maxwell

Taking One More Stroke

"In daily life, there are many occasions when I could make things easier—in the short run, at least—if I would, metaphorically speaking, “just stop rowing.” But I have found that the achievement of significant goals generally requires me to be able and willing to “take one more stroke,” even though I am dead tired. I’m convinced that it is this ability, as much as any, that allows some people to excel in the challenges they undertake, while other people fail. It is also possible that at some point in my life, my ability to survive will depend on whether I have the fortitude to take just one more breath—and then another. I would like to think that rowing helps me develop this fortitude."

-- William B Irvine

Whatever It Takes To Get The Job Done

"Successful people do whatever it takes to get the job done, whether or not they feel like it. They understand that it is not any one single push on the flywheel but the cumulative total of all their sequential, unfailingly consistent pushes that eventually creates movement of such astonishing momentum in their lives." 

-- Jeff Olson

Success Across Life

"Success across life, work, and leadership requires us to take the reins, taking full ownership of our life and destiny. Having this level of command requires that we are conscious of and in control of the very aspect of ourselves that drives essentially everything we do: our mindsets. When we take charge of our mindsets we become the driver and conscious creator of a brighter future."

--  Ryan Gottfredson

Transit From Limiting Beliefts

"Like the Wright brothers, you can transition from limiting beliefs to expansive possibilities. You can move from absolutes such as I can't do math well to I could do math to I am learning to do math well to I do math well From there, you can keep opening more possibilities to get better at math!"

-- Matthew E. Poll

When You Embrace The Present Momoment

"When we embrace the present moment, when we fully accept it, when we act as if we’ve chosen it, we transcend our mental limits and start to discover things which had previously been hidden from view."

-- Mario Alonso Puig

A Wonderful Skill To Possess

"Once we start thinking of setbacks as Stoic tests, we may discover that instead of dreading them, we look forward to them. Besides giving us a chance to develop our skill in dealing with them, setbacks give us an opportunity to display the skill we have thus far developed. Much as a tennis player can take pride in her playing ability, we can take pride in our ability, when set back, to find a good workaround without becoming angry, anxious, or despondent. It is a wonderful skill to possess—and one that relatively few people do possess."

-- William B Irvine

The Little Choices Do Matter

"Successful people are those who understand that the little choices they make matter, and because of that they choose to do things that seem to make no difference at all in the act of doing them, and they do them over and over and over until the compound effect kicks in."

-- Jeff Olson

At Least You Have Tried

"Take a risk a day—one small or bold stroke that will make you feel great once you’ve done it.  Even if it doesn’t work out the way you wanted it to, at least you’ve tried. You didn’t sit back … powerless. Watch what starts to happen when you expand your comfort zone."

--  Susan Jeffers

Being A Builder and Creator

"Regardless of where you work, whether on Wall Street, at a food pantry, or within the walls of your own home, being successful in your work means being a builder and creator of something greater than yourself. It means taking the reins as a contributor and value creator. Rather than just punching the time card or biding your time, you are actively engaged in fulfilling a mission. You are contributing in ways that add tangible (monetary, measurable) and intangible (attitude, morale, energy) value. Others hear and respect your voice, you receive recognition, and you command a salary that allows you to live with abundance. You either have security in your current job or are secure in knowing you can continually support those you are responsible for. You are, and are seen as, someone who can continue to add great value, either in a deeper way within your current position or in a new or higher-level position."

--  Ryan Gottfredson

Don't Forget Your Small Wins

"Also consider your achievements, however small they may seem. All too often we forget small wins along the way and focus on parts of our working life that didn’t go to plan. You can rectify this by reflecting on small achievements and celebrating along the way, which is an important process as this primes your thoughts towards achievements, which over time can make achieving goals part of your everyday life (building your confidence in the process)."

-- Gemma Leigh Roberts

How To Traveled A Noble Path

"Mind you, hard work guarantees nothing in realms of creativity. (Nothing guarantees anything in realms of creativity.) But I cannot help but think that devotional discipline is the best approach. Do what you love to do, and do it with both seriousness and lightness. At least then you will know that you have tried and that—whatever the outcome—you have traveled a noble path."

-- Elizabeth Gilbert 

Those Simple Daily Disciplines

"Simple daily disciplines—little productive actions, repeated consistently over time—add up to the difference between failure and success."

-- Jeff Olson

How Do You See Yourself

"“We see things not as they are, but as we are,” wrote Immanuel Kant. Your self-image is the lens through which you see the world. If you cannot see yourself being successful at something, you will probably talk yourself out of trying. Or, if you can see you have a talent for something, you may find all sorts of inner strength and external help. All your decisions are based on what you see you are capable of and, also, what you think you deserve."

-- Robert Holden

The Better You Think

"THE BETTER YOU THINK, the better results you will get and the more successful you will be in every area. The most important measure, the only measure of the quality of your thinking, is the results you get, the consequences of what you decide to do as a result of the decisions you make."

-- Brian Tracy

Our Mindsets Determine Our Success

"When we do not see our mindsets as being a key part of our lack of success, we generally incorrectly blame either external factors (e.g., don’t have enough money, time, or resources) or the wrong internal factors (e.g., intelligence, abilities, or personality). This misdiagnosis is problematic for at least two reasons. First, blaming these factors is closer to an excuse than a solution, because we generally cannot control these factors, at least not as easily as our mindsets. Because these factors are largely outside of our control, we hide behind them as an excuse for giving up, accepting a fate of living below our potential. We fail to recognize that others with less ideal circumstances and abilities have reached the levels of success we are seeking. Second, even if we can influence or change these factors, focusing on them instead of our mindsets means that our mindsets will likely to stay the same and continually prevent us from thinking, learning, and behaving in ways that will lead to greater success."

--  Ryan Gottfredson

Serving Others With Your Wisdom

"Devote the back half of your life to serving others with your wisdom. Get old sharing the things you believe are most important. Excellence is always its own reward, and this is how you can be most excellent as you age."

-- Arthur C. Brooks

Use Your Personal Power

"You are innately designed to use your personal power. When you don’t, you experience helplessness, paralysis and depression—which is your clue that something is not working as it could. You, like all of us, deserve everything that is wonderful and exciting in life. And those feelings emerge only when you get in touch with your powerful self."

--  Susan Jeffers

Your Choices Every Day

"You are making that choice, every day, every hour, and the impact of those choices—for better or for worse—will spread out over the surface of your life like a thick blanket of water hyacinth." 

-- Jeff Olson