"The evidence is clear: If you want to change a habit, you must find an alternative routine, and your odds of success go up dramatically when you commit to changing as part of a group. Belief is essential, and it grows out of a communal experience, even if that community is only as large as two people."
-- Charles Duhigg
"Self-confidence is nothing more than knowledge. Let me say that again: To be self-confident, all you need is information. Look at it this way. If you do something well, five thousand times, you know you can do it; therefore, you are confident. If you have never done it before, you don’t KNOW."
-- Bob Proctor
“So many times, success is judged by money. But for me, it was never about that. I wanted to be the world’s best cowboy, but I never thought, ‘I’m going to be rich and famous.’ Cowboys aren’t, for the most part. Rodeo was just something that thrilled me and excited me, and I even liked practicing and the challenge of it. To me, if you can find something in your life that you’re passionate about and then figure out a way to eat from doing that . . . then you’re a success. I truly believe that.”
-- James P. Owen
"I believe that gratitude has one of the highest vibrations. It’s documented that people who make the effort to list five things they are grateful for every day feel happier than those who don’t. Recognize that gratitude can be a healing force in your life and try to bring it in more often, feel the burst of lightness that its energy brings."
-- Abby Wynne
"Incredibly successful people set a goal and then focus all their attention on the process necessary to achieve that goal. They set a goal and then, surprisingly, they forget the goal. Sure, the goal is still out there. But what they care about most is what they need to do today—and when they accomplish that, they are happy about today. They feel good about today."
-- Jeff Haden
"Adversity may be like winter in the garden—barren and cold, with shortened days and longer nights. Remember that winter is a season, and spring comes next! When spring comes, you will be like the tree that survived winter and said, “I have survived the winter, and I have grown!”"
-- Dondi Scumaci
"“If people don’t take a hard look at what kind of changes they want to make, in the end those changes are going to be forced on them,” Strenger said. “The basic idea is: Don’t wait until the changes are forced on you. Be proactive.”"
-- Barbara Bradley Hagerty
"You’re in the game, always. You’ve got to know the time precisely because you will never know when it’s going to run out on you. That’s what the reminder memento mori means. No one can take time or life for granted . . . as it runs out for all of us."
-- Ryan Holiday
"Asked how they rose above others who were more privileged or qualified than they, such people often say, “I was hungry. I had to succeed. There was no other choice.” They had necessity. The flip side is how many people without this mentality never reach their full powers. No necessity, no drive, no fulfillment of their potential."
-- Brendon Burchard
"We tend to see fitness as something extra, something only elite sportspeople or people on a diet possess, but having the habit of regular exercise makes us much happier as well as much healthier. Fitness boosts self-esteem and confidence, and doesn’t have to cost the earth. A gym membership would actually pay off in the way it improves your life, but, if that seems a bit excessive, running or walking can give you the same benefits for less. Whatever the excuses, anyone can make time in their schedule to fit in a run during their lunchtime, getting up half an hour early to walk to work or school, and making one of your days off the time you do something energetic as a family."
-- Suzie Hayman
