One Step Closer Because of Persistence

"There will be times when you want to take a breather. There will be times when it snows (literally or figuratively)! Those are the days that you need to double down and take those actions toward your goal. Those who end up getting out of bed and going to the gym despite their feelings and the snow will say that it was the best thing they did, and afterward they were glad they pushed through the inertia and stayed on course. Their goal of health and fitness is one step closer because of their persistence."

-- Joel Fotinos

Have An Open Mindset

"When we have an open mindset, we are primarily concerned about seeking truth and thinking optimally. This desire comes with the beliefs that we have incomplete information and can be wrong. It drives us to be open to and seek out the ideas and suggestions of others to improve our current position and come closer to the truth. With this mindset, we are able to put off our ego’s need to be seen as being right or having all the answers and avoid blind spots that limit the quality of our thinking and decision-making."

-- Ryan Gottfredson

Change Your Limited Way of Thinking

"Extraordinary events are not going to be revealed but rather we are going to realize that if we do not change our limited way of thinking we will be unable to see things from a perspective which allows us to discover doors where before we only saw walls. We need to recover that sense of wonder and surprise we had as children so as to enter what Einstein called “the beauty of mystery”."

-- Mario Alonso Puig

Why Compete Against Yourself

"Compete against yourself. Measure your progress over time, not against an opponent. The risk of competing against others is that you can win without getting better. When you compete against yourself, the only way to win is to grow."

-- Adam Grant

How To Make Progress in Life

"Marking your progress really helps. Writing a diary, drawing charts of your journey, drawing pictures … all these things help make the process real, remind you of what you have achieved, and keep you focused on the next step. The same applies whether it is working towards your fitness goals or your career goals."

-- Shaa Wasmund

Success Require Lifelong Learning

"Successful people understand that lifelong learning demands that they remain open to learning throughout their life to continuously update their ability to be more fully human and engaging." 

-- Michael Edmondson

Spend Your Life The Right Way

"Forget the money, because if you say that getting the money is the most important thing, you will spend your life completely wasting your time. You’ll be doing things you don’t like doing in order to go on living—that is, to go on doing things you don’t like doing. Which is stupid.  Better to have a short life that is full of what you like doing than a long life spent in a miserable way."

-- Vishen Lakhian

To Progress in Your Life

"Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything."

-- George Bernard Shaw

How To Expand Your Comfort Zone

"Doing things outside your normal routine will help you become more resilient. When you step out of your comfort zone, yes it might feel uncomfortable at first - stressful even - but it also stimulates your brain and creates new neural connections. If you did that thing again you would feel more comfortable the second time. If you repeated the action enough it would soon become part of your day-to-day life. It would be incorporated into your comfort zone. In this way your comfort zone expands."

-- Stephanie Philp

When Are You Dooms To Fail

“Failure is a manifestation of learning and exploration. If you aren’t experiencing failure, then you are making a far worse mistake: You are being driven by the desire to avoid it. And, this strategy—trying to avoid failure by outthinking it—dooms you to fail."

-- Ryan Gottfredson