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12/18/18
When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself. – Karen Blixen
12/17/18
Success is sweet, but its secret is sweat. – Norman Schwarzkopf
12/14/18
In every success story, you find someone has made a courageous decision. – Peter Drucker
12/13/18
The road to success runs uphill, so don't expect to break any speed records.
12/12/18
Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with Excellence. – Jessica Guidobono
12/11/18
Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success. – Paul J. Meyer
12/10/18
I'm of the mind that even people who have limitations, if they have a curiosity, they will find a way to explore it. – Tish Grier
12/7/8
When we make progress quickly, it feeds our emotions. Then, when there's a period of waiting or we hit a plateau, we find out how committed we really are and whether we're going to see things through to the finish or quit. – Joyce Meyer
12/6/18
Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just show up and try and do the right thing, the dawn will come. You wait and watch and work; you don’t give up. – Anne Lamott
12/5/18
Be what you are. This is the first step toward becoming better than you are. – J.C. Hare
This is a great reminder! I’m attaching a link to a short read for those who might be interested in how they might discover their passion and purpose. https://thecorelinksolution.com/promise-1-success-on-your-terms/
12/4/18
You are the only one who can control the way you think. Make sure you nourish the positive thoughts, and weed out the negative ones! – Catherine Pulsifer
12/3/18
Dreams are lovely, but they are just dreams. Fleeting, ephemeral, pretty. But dreams do not come true just because you dream them. It’s hard work that makes things happen. It’s hard work that creates change. — Shonda Rhimes
11/30/18
Never underestimate your power to change yourself; never overestimate your power to change others. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
11/29/18
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11/27/18
Anything that has real and lasting value is always a gift from within. – Franz Kafka
11/26/18
If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development. – Brian Tracy
11/21/18
I am thankful for all of those who said NO to me. It is because of them I’m doing it myself. – Albert Einstein
11/20/18
I have failed many times, and that's why I am a success. – Michael Jordan
11/19/18
I’ve learned that making a living is not the same thing as making a life. —Maya Angelou
11/16/18
Leadership is the ability to get other people to do what they don’t want to do, and like it. – Harry Truman
11/15/18
Each step upward makes me feel stronger and fit for the next step. – Mohandas K. Gandhi
11/14/18
What I must do is all that concerns me, not what people think. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
11/13/18
Focus is scary – until you realize that it only means turning your back on markets you could never have anyways. – Clayton Christensen and Michael Raynor
11/12/18
Careers are often non-linear and in fact, tend to be a tapestry of sorts. – James Rosseau, Sr.
11/9/18
Humility is not thinking less of yourself; it is thinking of yourself less. – Rick Warren
11/8/18
The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes. — Marcel Proust
11/7/18
If you strive for the moon, maybe you’ll get over the fence. – James Wood
11/6/18
Face and push past your biggest fears. Your biggest blessings could be waiting right behind them. – James Rosseau, Sr.
11/5/18
Success is most often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable. — Coco Chanel
11/2/18
The first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: Decide what you want. — Ben Stein
11/1/18
10/31/18
10/30/18
It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides. – George Sand
10/29/18
A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. – Patricia Neal
10/26/18
Passion is what gives meaning to our lives. It's what allows us to achieve success beyond our wildest imagination. Try to find a career path that you have a passion for. – Henry Samueli
10/25/18
The best way to escape from a problem is to solve it. — Brendan Francis
10/24/18
Do not look back and ask why? Look forward and ask, why not? – Neil Patel
10/23/18
To double your net worth, double your self-worth because you will never exceed the height of your self-image. – Robn Sharma
10/22/18
Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all. – Peter Drucker
10/19/18
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln
10/18/18
Help thy brother's boat across and thine own has reached the shore. – Hindu Proverb
10/17/18
We are the choices we have made – Meryl Streep
10/16/18
Eighty percent of success is showing up. – Woody Allen
10/15/18
Strategic planning is worthless – unless there is first a strategic vision. – John Naisbitt
10/12/18
The only place where your dream becomes impossible is in your own thinking. – Robert H Schuller
10/11/18
The shortest pencil is longer than the longest memory. – Mark Batterson
10/10/18
To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else. – Bernadette Devlin
10/9/18
It’s a sure thing that you’ll not finish if you don’t start. – Napolean Hill
10/8/18
Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go. – William Feather
10/5/18
The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence. – Confucius
10/4/18
Let your aim be the good of all. – Bhagavad Gita
10/3/18
An attitude of positive expectation is the mark of the superior personality. – Brian Tracy
10/2/18
Whoever knocks persistently, ends by entering. – Ali
10/1/18
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation. – Plato
A significant consideration for all of us is in how we invest in relationships. I would go a step further to say it is doubly important for those who lead teams. Having the privilege of managing teams for more than twenty years I appreciate that the challenges faced together on a daily basis can serve to build relationships. However, I have found that the time you plan away from the work, in shared activities that you enjoy together, truly creates more depth in those relationships … and that matters.
9/28/18
Man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities. – Eric Hoffer
9/27/18
Man’s main task is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality. – Erich Fromm
9/26/18
A teacher affects eternity; (s)he can never tell where his or her influence stops. – Henry Adams
9/25/18
Learning to deal with setbacks, and maintaining the persistence and optimism necessary for childhood’s long road to mastery are the real foundation of lasting self-esteem. – Lilian G. Katz
9/24/18
All appears to change when we change. – Henri-Frédéric Amiel
9/21/18
Happiness is not something you postpone for the future; it is something you design for the present. – Jim Rohn
9/20/18
When hope is hungry, everything feeds it. – Mignon McLaughlin
9/19/18
The greatest of victories is the victory over oneself. – The Dhammapada
9/18/18
Opportunity always knocks at the least opportune moment. – Ducharme’s Precept
9/17/18
Until you make peace with who you are, you'll never be content with what you have. – Doris Mortman
9/14/18
Some people think it's holding on that makes one strong; sometimes it's letting go. – Sylvia Robinson
9/13/18
Edison failed 10,000 times before perfecting the incandescent electric light bulb. Don't worry if you fail once. – Napolean Hill
9/12/18
We create our life by pursuing interests that drive us and by our reaction to the events that happen to us—both of which we get to choose. – James Rosseau, Sr.
9/11/18
Guard well your spare moments. They are like uncut diamonds. Discard them and their value will never be known. Improve them and they will become the brightest gems in a useful life. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
9/10/18
We go where our vision is. — Joseph Murphy
9/7/18
The only way most people recognize their limits is by trespassing on them. — Tom Morris
9/6/18
To know what you prefer instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you that you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
9/5/18
Do your homework. Find your voice. Be authentic. And then dive in with purpose. – Julie Foundy
9/4/18: Imagination
Logic will get you from A to B. Imagination will take you everywhere. – Albert Einstein
9/3/18: Stay Consistent
The self is not something ready-made, but something in continuous formation through choice of action. John Dewey.
August 2018
8/31/18
What would you do if you knew you could not fail? – Robert Schuller
8/30/18: The Power of a Teacher
I had some teachers who saw something in me … they told me I could achieve, so I just believed them and that followed me throughout my academic life. – Bert Calhoun
Hear more words of wisdom from Bert Calhoun during the podcast interview.
8/29/18: Diversity
I don’t like uniformity at all, I like diversity. I like allowing people to be the best versions of them.
I thought the different sizes, shapes, models, and approaches of our agencies was a positive. I thought of it a strength and that the diversification of our distributors was something that added to its beauty. – Matt Winter
Hear more words of wisdom from Matt Winter during his podcast interview.
8/28/18
The very first thing we start with is belief. What are your beliefs? Examine your beliefs. Any belief that limits you, you must let it go. – Fatima Salaam
8/27/18: Move beyond fear
Feel the fear and Do it anyway – Susan Jeffers
8/24/18: Taking Chances
Chance is always powerful. Let your hook be always cast; in the pool where you least expect it, there will be a fish. – Ovid
8/23/18
Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body. – Seneca
8/22/18
You cannot acquire experience by making experiments. You cannot create experience. You must undergo it. — Albert Camus
8/21/18
Knowledge speaks, but wisdom listens. – Jimmy Hendrix
8/20/18
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up. – Booker T. Washington
8/17/18: Audacity
Success is the child of audacity. – Benjamin Disraeli
8/16/18: Authentic
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not. — Andre Gide
8/15/18: To the Top
There is always room at the top. – Daniel Webster
8/14/18: Dreams are postcards
Dreams are postcards from our subconscious, inner self to outer self, right brain trying to cross that moat to the left. Too often they come back unread: “return to sender, addressee unknown.” That's a shame because it's a whole other world out there–or in here depending on your point of view. — Dennis Koenig and Jordan Budde
8/13/18: Faithful Steps
8/10/18: The Energetic
The world belongs to the energetic. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
8/9/18: Go make something happen
Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot, but make it hot by striking. – William B. Sprague
8/8/18
We do not learn from experience…we learn from reflecting on experience. ― John Dewey
8/7/18
Many of us are afraid to follow our passions, to pursue what we want most because it means taking risks and even facing failure. But to pursue your passion with all your heart and soul is success in itself. The greatest failure is to have never really tried. – Robyn Allan
8/6/18
Genius is the ability to hold one's vision steady until it becomes a reality. – Benjamin Franklin
8/3/18
The virtue lies in the struggle, not in the prize. – Richard Monckton Milnes
8/2/18
Don't be discouraged by a failure. It can be a positive experience. Failure is, in a sense, the highway to success, in as much as every discovery of what is false leads us to seek earnestly after what is true, and every fresh experience points out some form of error which we shall afterwards carefully avoid. — John Keats
8/1/18: The Importance of Goals
The trouble with not having a goal is that you can spend your life running up and down the field and never score. —Bill Copeland
6/4/18
The positive thinker sees the invisible, feels the intangible, and achieves the impossible. – Winston Churchill
6/1/18
Find out what you are good at without even trying…and then try. – John Addison
5/31/18
I realized the secret to success is finishing! And not just finishing, but finishing strong! – Eric Thomas
5/30/18
A diamond is a piece of coal that stuck to the job. – Michael Larsen
5/29/18
A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. – Francis Bacon
5/25/18
If you’re bored with life – you don’t get up every morning with a burning desire to do things – you don’t have enough goals. –Lou Holtz
5/24/18
I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it – but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor. – Oliver Wendell Holmes
5/16/18
You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb it. -Andrew Carnegie
