Dean Graziosi Quotes

It doesn't matter how fast you can go, it doesn't matter how much passion you have, and it doesn't matter how much energy you put into something. If you don't have a vision and clarity on the destination you want to reach, you'll simply never get there.

Successful people, whether they're working for somebody else or working for themselves, do whatever they do to the best of their ability – as if the boss is watching them every minute of every day.

It doesn't matter where you come from. It only matters where you are and where you want to go.

Getting wealthy may not cure every problem, but it sure can cure a lot of them.

what if I told you it’s true, you are going faster than ever before, but you may be on a treadmill and not a ladder.

Confidence builds and doubt dies when your heart is aligned with your actions.

Humans are busier now than they've ever been in the history of time. I love technology, but with all the advancements to make our lives easier, it's really just allowed us to go faster.

With text messaging and e-mails buzzing in our pockets, our constant availability for phone calls, and hot new apps and social media on our phones, we are more distracted, more unfocused and more enmeshed in sweating the small stuff than ever before. And this leads to many of us feeling like we're sprinting every day but really not getting anywhere.

The difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people do the things the unsuccessful people don’t want to do.

Successful people live by a different set of rules and success habits and they don’t conform or accept mediocrity.

The people who are afraid to go through the challenge are the ones who stay stuck in their lives.

What exactly does your life look like when it’s a year in the future and you look back and it was the best year ever?

When you tap into people’s wants, you stir their emotions, and emotions make decisions.

Protect your peace every day and watch your happiness and joy grow.

You don’t have to add time to your day to learn new habits; you just have to replace the old habits. To do so, you need to recognize the counterproductive routines you’ve fallen into.

Up until 1981, all classes of income were rising at about the same rate. However, in about 1981 a split started to happen. The 1% broke away from the crowd, and since then the top 1% of earners income has gone up by 128%, while the bottom 90% of earners income has only gone up 15%.

As children we’re taught to stand in line and do what everybody else does. We’re taught to get good grades, follow the crowds, do what’s popular at the time, go to high school, get into a college, then find a job, start a 401K, save our money, and hopefully retire with enough to get us to death without running out.

I’m talking about the present day, the right now, this very moment you are living in. You have to make it your friend. So many of us go through life looking forward to tomorrow, to next week, to next year, instead of making friends with the right now.

living too far in the future with the wrong thoughts diminishes your happiness today.

If there’s a recipe for success, all you have to do is follow the recipe

Be assured, each time you practice a proven success habit, it will feel less uncomfortable, and it will eventually become more and more familiar—and soon will turn into an unconscious habit.

I said, “I think I know it. I think I know my why. I want to give my kids the choices and the options that I never had when I was a kid.

Most people buy a book because of the title and let it sit on a shelf, hoping that by some magical power the knowledge and action steps will transfer into their brain.

you are going faster than ever before, but you may be on a treadmill and not a ladder.

J.P. developed a success habit of believing in himself and ignoring the naysayers.

what’s crazy about today’s society is that everybody is racing around with “Ferrari brains” but no one has her GPS on!

want my daughter and my son to be able to choose where they want to go in life and have the ability to become their best selves. I want them to live without the worry over money choking them. I want them to know that they’re financially secure, so if they want to be teachers, or astronauts, or be in rock bands, or teach yoga, or anything else, they can. I want them to have the freedom I never felt like I had growing up.

Through persistence and developing positive success habits—listening to understand, having vision, always doing his best no matter what, ignoring the naysayers, and staying positive in the face of rejection—J.P. built his company into an international success.

Imagine it’s one year from today and when looking back over the past year, you realize that it was the best year of your life. What does that look like to you? What would have had to happen for you to wake up every morning on fire, free of dissatisfaction, and convinced you weren’t wasting your potential? As

When you know where you want to go, you’ll start having a filter that will allow you to say no to certain friends, say no to certain obligations, say no to certain opportunities, and say no to certain e-mails. You will know deep down that those things are not contributing to your vision. Once you know where you want to go, you can start taking action steps toward the best year of your life, which will evolve into the best 10 years of your life, and ultimately, into the best rest of your life.

think I know it. I think I know my why. I want to give my kids the choices and the options that I never had when I was a kid.

It was all because I wanted to be in control. Not a control freak, just in control.

else or working for themselves, do whatever they do to the best of their ability—as if the boss is watching them every minute of every day. I learned that in everything you do, always do your best.

Well, after listening to all that advice, he did what most successful people do: He listened first and foremost to himself and started the company anyway.

On the flip side, when you have a clear vision for your life, you’ll stop wasting time on the things not serving your dreams, goals, or aspirations. Your actions will have purpose and your hours will be spent achieving those goals. Your procrastination will cease because you’ll know with 100 percent certainty what you cannot put off anything until tomorrow.

Maybe you think it’s time to reinvent yourself completely.

I don’t want anybody to tell me how to dress, where to live, or even how to raise my kids. I don’t want anybody to tell me where I can eat, how I can function, what I can do with my time, or how much money I can make. I want to be in control so I can make the decisions that empower me, bring me joy, and make me feel alive! And at that very moment, I realized I didn’t want anybody to take that away from me in any area of my life. I had finally found my true “why,” and my mission had never seemed clearer.

I would add that successful people have a core set of habits that propel them.

Think about what the best year of your life would look like and get emotional, get engaged, get engulfed, and visualize specific details about what made it so amazing.

Up until 1981, all classes of income were rising at about the same rate. However, in about 1981 a split started to happen. The 1% broke away from the crowd, and since then the top 1% of earners income has gone up by 138%, while the bottom 90% of earners income has only gone up 15%.

How fast we can rebound from our failures is a huge determining factor in how quickly we can succeed. When something bad happens, we can either sit and find out why it happened or we can step up and find a solution. The faster we can stand up after getting knocked down, then the faster we can turn our losses into wins.

Because I want to be in control.

You don’t have to add time to your day to learn new habits; you just have to replace the old habits. To do so, you need to recognize the counterproductive routines you’ve fallen into. Once you acknowledge them, you will see how realistic it is to be able to switch them out.

Successful people, whether they’re working for somebody else or working for themselves, do whatever they do to the best of their ability—as if the boss is watching them every minute of every day.

For example, if you rent one of my 400 houses around the country, when you pay rent on time for six months, you get a letter that includes a $50 Starbucks card. The letter reads, “You have a choice to pay your rent on time or late, and you choose to pay your rent consistently on time, and I just wanted to say thank you.

If we focus on what is working, that’s just a great, great gift, and it’s available to us right now.

You are amazing; let the world see this incredible part of you every day.

When the inner hero runs your life, you are filled with confidence and optimism, and are a solutions-focused person.

happiness leads to success, not the other way around.

Miracle Mindset,

I call it a villain because it’s sneaky and up to no good. It hides in the back of your mind, and you don’t even realize it exists. And the worst part about this inner villain is that, in most cases, external factors in your life that seemed innocuous created this villain. We’ll address these factors soon. You may not realize it, but this villain has created a glass ceiling—an artificial limit on what you can achieve and who you can be. And what’s even worse, once that villain is inside you, it is anchored down by multiple internal factors that prevent its escape. You may sometimes find yourself wondering why you’re working faster, your life is going by quicker, and you’re ultimately working harder than ever before, but you haven’t found that next level of life. And the simple explanation is: You have a villain working against you and you don’t even know it. The good news: We’re going to expose it once and for all.

If you’re reading this book, you have a desire for more in life. Go make yourself wealthy, become secure, and watch how much good you can do for the world.

DON’T LET GO OF THE WHEEL

Successful people, whether they’re working for somebody else or working for themselves, do whatever they do to the best of their ability—as if the boss is watching them every minute of every day. I learned that in everything you do, always do your best.

The more we open up and become ourselves, the more we bond.

Because when we choose to consciously stop self-suffering, we are able to experience life the way it was meant to be.

when you live in the “now,” you will finally find inner peace and happiness.

If we didn’t have the struggles that we have had, the challenges, and the pushes, we would never develop our character.