The Fallacy of Motivation

"The fallacy of motivation is this: if you’re driving down the road in the wrong direction, you don’t need me to motivate you to drive faster. You need someone to say, “Stop! Change direction!”

-- Jim Roh

Life Is A New Game Every Day

"Every day is a new opportunity. You can build on yesterday’s success or put its failures behind and start over again.  That’s the way life is with a new game every day, and that’s the way baseball is."

-— Bob Feller (1918-2011),
Hall of Fame baseball player

Get Rich Quick Narratives Distract Us

"Get-rich-quick narratives distract us from this. We are then left only to adopt someone else’s goal and perhaps quit halfway to achieving it. Obstacles are only as insurmountable as your goal—your want—is weak."

-- Greg S Reid

What Makes You Feel Fulfilled

"The clear message from modern research and the wise words of our elders is that living life with a sense of purpose and meaning is ultimately what makes you feel fulfilled."

-- Alison Price

Success in Life Require Clarity

"Perhaps the number-one reason for success in life is clarity — about who you are, what you want, and the details of the situation you are facing."

-- Brian Tracy

The Seed We Throw Out Into The World

"Every seed that we throw out into the world is either positive or negative along the continuum. To the degree that we sow positive, we reap positive. To the degree that we sow negative, we reap negative."

-- Chris Widener

Thriving in Competitive Waters

"To me, thriving in competitive waters wasn’t complicated. I wasn’t smarter and didn’t have a big-name firm. I just worked hard and treated clients like family. Each time a deal closed, I sent gifts and thank-you cards. Then I invited the client’s entourage to lunch."

-- Cliff Michaels

How To Make Progress

"Since you will spend most of your time trying to make progress, you must enjoy what you are doing in order to finish."

-- David Niven

Take Deep Breaths

"Frustration and anger cause physical reactions within the body —an increased rate of breathing, an elevated heart rate, and sweating to name a few. Taking slow, deep breaths can relax your muscles and decrease the physiological response, which in turn can decrease your emotional reactivity."

-- Amy Morin

Don't Die With Your Potential

"Grasp your dreams. Reach for them. Take appropriate risks. One of the worst things you can die with is potential. Die with failures before you die with potential. Potential is something to be realized, not guarded and protected. So, dig it up! Invest it! And you will find that it is true—life comes from the inside out."

-- Henry Cloud