Michael Hyatt Quotes

You’re never as smart as you think you are when you are winning and never as dumb as you feel when you are losing.

Those who feel satisfied with their personal lives are more satisfied with their careers and perform better.

You can’t take care of anyone else unless you first take care of yourself.

You life matters. You are here for a reason. Your job is to determine why.

You have been given a gift—your life. What will you do with it?

So many of us have settled for what is, rather than what could be.

You are in a much better position to serve others when your basic needs are met and your “tank is full”.

What we believe about something often creates the outcome we experience.

One of the best questions you can ask when something negative happens is this: What does this experience make possible?

Having clarity on where you want to go is one of the most critical components of your life.

Making appointments with yourself and scheduling other things around them is key to proactive self-management.

Self-leadership always precedes team leadership.

We have more control than most of us realize. Each day is filled with thousands of opportunities to change the story of our lives.

You can’t get where you want to go unless you start with where you are.

Gratitude is where every positive attitude starts.

Watch your mouth: The language we use creates the reality we experience.

Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination.

People at any stage will profit by taking the wheel and getting pointed in the right direction.

How we lead ourselves in life impacts how we lead those around us.

By keeping the truly important things front and center, we often get the perspective we need to make better decisions.

We can’t improve what we don’t assess.

Courage is the willingness to act in spite of fear.

You will never see the full path. The important thing is to do the next right thing.

In life, you often get what you expect.

This is the day that everything can change for you.

From a Christian perspective Jesus not only knew what these people needed, he could instantly heal them. But he didn’t. Instead, he asked them to declare what they wanted. It seems their apparent need was not their greatest need. More than healing, they needed clarity.

For real productivity, however, we need to prioritize people. You're a human being, not a human doing.

Anything worthwhile is opposed.

What get’s scheduled gets done.

This is the day that can change everything for you.

In planning anything, the best place to begin is at the end. What outcome do you want? How do you want the story to end? How do you want to be remembered when you are gone?

Unless we take the time to regain our perspective and face the reality that life is short, we risk arriving at a destination we didn’t choose—or at least one we wouldn’t prefer.

If you don’t have a plan for your life, someone else does.

In a world where information is freely available, focus becomes one of the most valuable commodities in the workplace.

Information consumes the attention of its recipients,” he explained, and “a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.

One of the biggest reasons we don’t succeed with our goals is we doubt we can. We believe they’re out of reach.

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are. —John Pierpont “J.P.” Morgan

The law of diminishing intent says that the longer you delay doing something, the less probability you have of actually doing it.

History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.

There is not point keeping up with the Joneses if they’re going someplace you don’t want to go.

Without a clear destination in view, the challenges on the journey seem pointless.

Our lives are shaped by the questions we ask. Good questions lead to good outcomes. Bad questions lead to bad outcomes.

The good news is that we have more control than most of us realize. Each day is filled with thousands of opportunities to change the story of our lives.

Keeping your eye on the future is essential for making the most of today.

progress starts only when you get clear on where you are right now.

If you design your life so that you spend most of your time working on things you are passionate about and proficient at, the discipline to do those things comes easily.

I can do anything I want. I just can’t do everything I want.

Throughout your life, you’ll meet three types of leaders. The first inspires ambition, without results. The second improves results, but ignores the spirit. In Your Best Year Ever, Michael Hyatt proves he is the rare third type of leader—one who both raises our performance and lifts our soul.” —SALLY HOGSHEAD New York Times bestselling author; creator, How to Fascinate®

The people who live and lead with the most joy and contentment are those who have clarity about their priorities. They know what they do best and fill their days with more of those activities.

You lose your way when you lose your why

No matter how talented you are, if you’re not making a contribution in a certain area, you’re not truly proficient.

Oliver Burkeman asks, “What will your life have been, in the end, but the sum total of everything you spent it focusing on?”17

You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.

The impossible only seems so on the front end.

Don’t underestimate the importance of great design. When it comes to selling your product, it can make you or break you.

You will never see the full path. The important thing is to do the next right thing. What can you do today to move you toward your dream?

Never leave the scene of clarity without taking decisive action.

Balance is giving not equal but appropriate attention to each of the various categories of your life.

Distant deadlines discourage action.

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are.

you don’t have to make everything a wow. But once you learn the distinction between wow and not-wow, it is difficult to be satisfied with anything less.

Great marketing only makes a bad product fail faster

I have learned to avoid this. The goal is to communicate, not to impress readers with your vocabulary.

The more you write, the better you will get.

When we are young, parents and teachers tell us we can do anything and become whatever we want. But as we grow older, these same people tell us we must be more realistic.

You get what you focus on. What we see ahead impacts the actions we take right now. How we live and lead is directly connected to what we see.

People lose their way when they lose their why.

Having priorities is essential. So is having them in the right order.

The more belief and confidence we feel toward achieving our goal, the higher the probability of our making the changes required to hit our targets.

Whatever the goal, small, daily investments can bring big results.

You must create more margin so you have room for what’s important, not merely urgent.

Our decisions are the one thing we can control. Today’s the day to make those choices really count.

You can’t improve what you won’t face and own.

When we have clarity on our destination and are grounded in our current reality, we are equipped to make the best decisions possible.

You can do almost anything if you are willing to clarify your commitments and make incremental investments over time to achieve them.

The wise know their days are numbered and act accordingly.

People rarely get more of anything until they have learned to be grateful for what they already have.

A plan is worthless unless you review it on a regular basis.

Events in one area of our lives cascade into every other area.

Our lives are shaped by the questions we ask. Good questions lead to good outcomes. Bad questions lead to bad outcomes. In

Jim Rohn's law of diminishing intent says that the longer you delay something, the less probability you have of actually doing it.

Anything worthwhile is opposed. Steven Pressfield (War of Art) calls this the Resistance.

When employees feel valued, and are more productive and engaged, they create a culture that can truly be a strategic advantage in today’s competitive market.

Marketing is really just about sharing your passion.

Later I realized focusing on everything means focusing on nothing.

As one of my favorite marketing gurus, David Ogilvy, once wrote, “Great marketing only makes a bad product fail faster.” How true.

The little bit you know prevents you from learning the things you don’t know but need to know in order to succeed.

The deciding vote in your life is yours, not your circumstances.

If you want to master your schedule, increase your efficiency and output, and create more margin in your life for the things you care about, you've got to learn how to focus.

Productivity is not about getting more things done; it's about getting the right things done.

The truth is that you will never have more of what you want until you become thankful for what you have.

The first key difference between an unmet goal and personal success is the belief that it can be achieved.

True productivity is about doing more of what is in your desire zone and less of everything else.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor. —Oliver Wendell Holmes

But you should resist the temptation to provide your entire bio—at least at the beginning. One or two sentences are sufficient. 5.

One of the biggest reasons we don’t succeed with our goals is we doubt we can.

Disappointing some people in life is inevitable, so make sure you’re not disappointing the ones who matter most,

One speaker, Herbert Simon, was a Carnegie Mellon professor of computer science and psychology who later won a Nobel for his work in economics. In his presentation, he warned that the growth of information could become a burden. Why? “Information consumes the attention of its recipients,” he explained, and “a wealth of information creates a poverty of attention.”1

By reaching for what appears to be impossible, we often actually do the impossible; and even when we don’t quite make it, we inevitably wind up doing much better than we would have done.

You can’t get where you want to go unless you start with where you are. Unfortunately, modern life seems to provide an endless array of distractions to avoid the difficult things of life.

Resources are never—and I mean never—the main challenge in achieving our dreams. In fact, if you already have everything you need to achieve your goal, then your goal’s probably too small.

buy your own domain name for ten to twenty dollars per year. You will have an e-mail address that looks like this: yourname@yourdomain.com. This makes a positive, powerful brand impression. 46

somewhere deep inside you realize that the dream has taken a hit. It hasn’t died, of course. But it has been dialed back—calibrated to the reality of deadlines, budgets, and limited resources. A similar process can happen for individuals who set out to create something, whether a book, a record album, or even a comedy routine. It’s easy to “settle.” At this very moment, you face a decision.

start and end the day with prayer. Instead of bookending the day with what I failed to get—sleep or accomplishments or whatever—I try focusing on the blessings I do have and expressing them in prayer.

Here’s the reality: Your personal life is a myth. There is no such thing as a compartmentalized life. Every area, space, category, and set of relationships is interrelated. You are a seamless whole. When

By this, I mean that the blogger starts with his or her bio, moves on to personal interests, and then (sometimes) gets to what may interest the reader. I suggest you reverse this. Start with the reader’s interests.

Draw a line down a page. On one side place your limiting beliefs. On the other write corresponding liberating truths. Consider the side with your liberating truths your new personal manifesto for achieving your goals.

An elevator pitch for an information product should consist of four components: 1. Your product name and category 2. The problem you are attempting to solve 3. Your proposed solution 4. The key benefit of your solution Here’s

The undeniable reality is that how well you do in life and business depends not only on what you do and how you do it . . . but also on who is doing it with you or to you,” says psychologist Henry Cloud in The Power of the Other.

An elevator pitch for an entertainment product should also consist of four components: 1. Your product name and category 2. The main character’s ambition 3. The conflict he or she encounters 4. The real significance of the story Here’s

We have a very powerful myth in our culture, the myth of the self-made man or woman. But let’s be honest. There’s no such thing.5 Success requires help—and usually lots of it. It’s impossible to discount the influence of our social circle.

Provide guidance, samples, and a deadline. Include a brief description of your product and perhaps a sample. Then offer to send them the entire product. Tell them the kind of endorsement you are looking for. The more specific, the better. I

Invite them to subscribe. In my opinion, this is the most important call to action. You don’t want to depend on your readers remembering to return to your blog. Instead, you want them to subscribe so they receive your content every time you post something new.

By the way, you don’t have to make every experience in life a wow. If everything is a wow, then pretty soon, nothing is a wow. But you must be able to identify which experiences you want to make a wow, and then have a process—or a technology—for creating that outcome.

his groundbreaking book Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us,1 Seth Godin defines a tribe as “a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea.” I read this book right after it came out in 2008, and it is just as relevant today as it was then.

Leadership expert Michael Hyatt reflected on Karnazes’s life and drew three conclusions about why we should embrace discomfort: 1. Comfort is overrated. It doesn’t lead to happiness. It makes us lazy—and forgetful. It often leads to self-absorption, boredom, and discontent. 2. Discomfort can be a catalyst for growth. It makes us yearn for something more. It forces us to change, stretch, and adapt. 3. Discomfort is often a sign we’re making progress. You’ve heard the expression, “no pain, no gain.” It’s true! When you push yourself to grow, you will experience discomfort.

I don’t believe things happen by accident. I think that everything that comes into our life, even the really hard things, are intended for good. That they can shape us positively if we’ll embrace them and remain teachable and purpose to use that almost like fertilizer to grow out of the experience.

Balance only happens in dynamic tension. Balance is giving not equal but appropriate attention to each of the various categories of your life. This will necessarily mean that some categories get more time and some less, but each will get the attention and resources necessary to keep it moving toward an intentional outcome.

The story presents a curious pattern. Adam and Eve both go beyond requested facts to offer explanations. What’s the significance? Early on, says Pearl, “we humans realized the world is not made up only of dry facts (what we might call data today); rather, those facts are glued together by an intricate web of cause-effect relationships.” What’s more, he says, “causal explanations, not dry facts, make up the bulk of our knowledge.

You can’t get where you want to go unless you start with where you are. Unfortunately, modern life seems to provide an endless array of distractions to avoid the difficult things of life. Worse, so much of pop culture tells us that our circumstances are someone else’s fault. The truth is, you can’t improve what you won’t face and own. The problems you encounter in your health, marriage, parenting, career, or personal finances will not just magically disappear. They have to be confronted and dealt with. This is difficult to do without outside help or a process that forces it.

Life can have the same effect on us. It is so easy for us to find ourselves stuck in a riptide and pulled off course. Worse, we can find ourselves in harm’s way. Many people get into their forties, fifties, and sixties, look around, and realize they have been pulled out to sea. Perhaps their health is failing, their marriage is broken, or their career is stalled. Maybe they have lost their spiritual connection, and life seems meaningless and unfulfilling. Whatever the case, they look up and find themselves far away from where they thought they would be at this point in their lives. They have become victims of the drift.

We’re reminded of a story we heard about a wise old man who lived high in the Himalayan mountains. Periodically he ventured down into the local town to entertain the villagers with his special knowledge and talents. One of his skills was to psychically tell them the contents in their pockets, boxes, or minds. A few young boys decided to play a joke on the old man and discredit his special abilities. One came up with the idea to capture a bird and hide it in his hands. He knew, of course, the man would know the object in his hands was a bird. The boy devised a plan. Knowing the wise old man would correctly state the object in his hands was a bird, the boy would ask the old man if the bird was dead or alive. If the wise man said the bird was alive, the boy would crush the bird in his hands, so that when he opened his hands the bird would be dead. But if the man said the bird was dead, the boy would open his hands and let the bird fly free. No matter what the man said, the boy would prove the old man a fraud. The following week, the man came down from the mountain into the village. The boy quickly caught a bird, cupped it out of sight behind his back, walked up to the wise old man, and asked, “What is it that I have in my hands?” The man said, “You have a bird, my son.” The boy then asked, “Tell me, is the bird alive or dead?” The wise old man looked at the boy and said, “The bird is as you choose it to be.” So it is with your life.

LEAP. It’s as simple as four steps, one for each letter of the acronym: Lean into the change with expectancy. When you notice that a change is desirable or necessary, that’s your green light. Punch the gas pedal. That inkling is all you need to get going. Engage with the concept until you achieve clarity. Don’t let the feeling pass. Work with it until you’ve got a sense of what to do. That nagging thought in the back of your mind might be the start of a whole new adventure—or the ladder you need to climb out of a deep rut. Activate and do something—anything. Sometimes we wait to move until we have all the information. That’s a mistake. Clarity comes in degrees. And you only need enough light for the next step. Even if you get off on the wrong foot, the rest of the journey will become clearer as you go. Pounce and do it now. Once you’ve determined your next step, take it. Don’t wait. Waiting feels safe, but waiting kills dreams.

1. Connect with Your Why Start by identifying your key motivations. Why do you want to reach your goal in the first place? Why is it important personally? Get a notebook or pad of paper and list all the key motivations. But don’t just list them, prioritize them. You want the best reasons at the top of your list. Finally, connect with these motivations both intellectually and emotionally. 2. Master Your Motivation There are four key ways to stay motivated as you reach for your goals: Identify your reward and begin to anticipate it. Eventually, the task itself can become its own reward this way. Recognize that installing a new habit will probably take longer than a few weeks. It might even take five or six months. Set your expectations accordingly. Gamify the process with a habit app or calendar chain. As Dan Sullivan taught me, measure the gains, not the gap. Recognize the value of incremental wins. 3. Build Your Team It’s almost always easier to reach a goal if you have friends on the journey. Intentional relationships provide four ingredients essential for success: learning, encouragement, accountability, and competition. There are at least seven kinds of intentional relationships that can help you grow and reach your goals: ​‣ ​Online communities ​‣ ​Running and exercise groups ​‣ ​Masterminds ​‣ ​Coaching and mentoring circles ​‣ ​Reading and study groups ​‣ ​Accountability groups ​‣ ​Close friendships If you can’t find a group you need, don’t wait. Start your own.

1. Set Your Goals Set seven to ten goals you want to achieve for the year. Make them SMARTER: ​‣ ​Specific ​‣ ​Measurable ​‣ ​Actionable ​‣ ​Risky ​‣ ​Time-keyed ​‣ ​Exciting ​‣ ​Relevant Make sure you focus on the Life Domains where you need to see improvement. List just a few per quarter; that way you can concentrate your attention and keep a steady pace throughout the year. 2. Decide on the Right Mix of Achievements and Habits Achievement goals represent one-time accomplishments. Habit goals represent new regular, ongoing activity. Both are helpful for designing your best year ever, but you need to decide on the right balance for your individual needs. The only right answer is the one that works for you. 3. Set Goals in the Discomfort Zone The best things in life usually happen when we stretch ourselves and grow. That’s definitely true for our designing our best year ever. But it runs counter to our instincts, doesn’t it? Follow these four steps to overcome the resistance: Acknowledge the value of getting outside your Comfort Zone. It all starts with a shift in your thinking. Once you accept the value of discomfort, it’s a lot easier going forward. Lean into the experience. Most of the resistance is in our minds, but we need more than a shift in thinking. By leaning in, we’re also shifting our wills. Notice your fear. Negative emotions are sure to well up. Don’t ignore them. Instead, objectify them and compare the feelings to what you want to accomplish. Is the reward greater than the fear? Don’t overthink it. Analysis paralysis is real. But you don’t need to see the end from the beginning or know exactly how a goal will play out. All you need is clarity on your next step.

From that vision comes this year’s annual plan. What will you do this coming year to make progress on your vision? What projects will you undertake that will bring you closer? What initiatives will you start or stop? What products will you create or retire? The clearer your Vision Script, the more apparent the answers to these questions will be.

Often, the ability to push through fear is the only thing that separates those who succeed from those who fail.

What happens is of little significance compared with the stories we tell ourselves about what happens.

Unless and until you deal with traumatic events, they can influence and even define your future in deeply unhealthy ways.

En primer lugar, la vida real es multifacética. Nuestras vidas son más que nuestro trabajo; son incluso más que nuestra familia. Como yo lo veo, nuestras vidas consisten en diez dominios interrelacionados: Espiritual: Tu conexión con Dios Intelectual: Tu relación con ideas importantes Emocional: Tu salud psicológica Físico: Tu salud corporal Matrimonial: Tu cónyuge u otra persona importante Parental: Tus hijos, si tienes Social: Tus amigos y asociados Vocacional: Tu profesión Lúdico: Tus hobbies y pasatiempos Financiero: Tus finanzas personales o familiares

Because our expectations shape what we believe is possible, they shape our perceptions and actions. That means they also shape the outcomes. And that means they shape our reality.

our habits of thinking are beneficial, we tend to experience positive results, such as happiness, personal satisfaction, even material success. If our habits of thinking are counterproductive, however, we often experience the opposite: unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and the nagging feeling that the deck is somehow stacked against us.

A Failure of Imagination

Broadly speaking, there are two ways to look at life. One leads directly to this failure of imagination. But the other can revive and amplify our sense of possibility.

Your past is a story. How you frame that story will largely impact your Future Self.”2

When goal pursuit is tough, it’s easy to lose focus or discard the goal. If we don’t stay connected to our why,

Charlie “Tremendous” Jones used to say, “You will be the same person in five years as you are today except for the people you meet and the books you read.” I could not agree with this statement more.

The treadmill effect.

To accomplish anything, we have to believe we’re up to the challenge.

Thanks to the severed communication, the left hemisphere had no idea what was going on. But, says Gazzaniga, “It would not be satisfied to state it did not know. It would guess, prevaricate, rationalize, and look for cause and effect, but it would always come up with an answer that fit the circumstances.

Gazzaniga has studied other patients with similar results. The left hemisphere has a need to explain and doesn’t mind making stuff up to do it. Gazzaniga says this finding is “the most stunning result from split-brain research,” especially when we realize it applies to healthy brains too.13 “This is what our brain does all day long,” he says. “It takes input from various areas of our brain and from the environment and synthesizes it into a story that makes sense.”14

The difference is that in the brains of healthy people the two hemispheres can still communicate, so the stories are more reliable. But the impulse is identical. When we ask why something happened or why things are the way they are, we’re acting on a biologically driven, neurologically wired need to understand what’s happening around us. Otherwise, our experiences would seem random, leaving us with no way of knowing how to navigate through life. That’s the Narrator. Its job is to interpret all the raw data of experience and offer it back to us in a way that connects the dots. It provides the explanatory glue that holds it all together.15 And it’s got a mind of its own.

2. E-mail Signature. Your e-mail signature is an opportunity to create another branding impression. But be careful. If you include too much information, it just becomes a big, gnarly ad.

The goal is for your fans and followers to have a consistent brand experience. Use the same logo, color palette, and fonts on every platform.

Your message or product is the car. You must take personal responsibility for the outcome. But you won’t get far without a pit crew. In

Bookkeeper. Just because you can keep your own books doesn’t mean you should. Again, this is time away from creating. Also, like a virtual assistant, you can hire someone part-time. I have someone who does this a few hours a month. Like an assistant, it frees me up to do what only I can do. •

All external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure—these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. —Steve Jobs

I realized that while I had a plan for my career, I didn’t have one for my life. If something didn’t change, I was going to burn out, break down, or worse.

Many people get into their forties, fifties, and sixties, look around, and realize they have been pulled out to sea. Perhaps their health is failing, their marriage is broken, or their career is stalled. Maybe they have lost their spiritual connection, and life seems meaningless and unfulfilling. Whatever the case, they look up and find themselves far away from where they thought they would be at this point in their lives. They have become victims of the drift.

Big goals are inherently daunting. If you’re not careful, you can let it discourage you. The solution? Set goals in your Discomfort Zone but break them into a series of smaller steps in your Comfort Zone.

Real transformation happens when people take responsibility for their own lives and begin to live intentionally in every area. When they begin recovering their passion and start seeing progress, their lives change. Changed people result in changed families, schools, synagogues, churches, companies, and governments. And when this happens, you begin transforming culture in profound and lasting ways.

There is no deficit in human resources,” as King said in his 1964 Nobel lecture, “the deficit is in human will.

Time keys for habit goals create external cues that trigger action.

It all comes down to motivation. If you really want to do something, you will work hard for it. SIR EDMUND HILLARY

Our legacy comprises the spiritual, intellectual, relational, vocational, and social capital we pass on. It’s the sum total of the beliefs you embrace, the values you live by, the love you express, and the service you render to others. It’s the you-shaped stamp you leave when you go.

Watch your mouth: The language we use creates the reality we experience. —Michael Hyatt

it illustrates how you can transform any experience (even an ordinary one) into a wow experience. This process can really be applied to anything—a family vacation, a date with your spouse, a company meeting, or, yes, even the creation of a new product. The

What does exceeding customers’ expectations for this experience look like? 15 • The lobby is clean, neat, well lit, and beautiful. It is decorated with interesting artifacts from the company’s history with little cards explaining the significance of each one. A running fountain and a small indoor pond create a soothing oasis from the noise of the street outside. • The receptionist’s title is Director of First Impressions. She understands the strategic importance of her

if you are going to build a successful platform—you can’t afford to ignore endorsements. You must try to get them for every product or service you create. While

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The people who live and lead with the most joy and contentment are those who have clarity about their priorities.

The longer you delay in seizing the treasure, the more likely you’ll lose it. The time to act is now.

The busier you are, the more intentional you must be.

What could be a better use of your time than establishing a game plan for your life?

The secret to staying atop your priorities is to schooled regular times for review and reflection.

How we live as leaders matters.

One’s personal life and work are inseparable.

It takes definitive action to see positive gains.

You can’t change the past, but all of us have the power to change the future.

When we are gone, the only essential thing we will leave behind are the memories we create in the lives of those we have touched and those we love.

Balance only happens in dynamic tension. Balance is giving not equal but appropriate attention to each of the various categories of your life.

You need to see a future with such clarity and desirability that you will go through all the uncomfortable things like throws at you to attain it.

While you can’t control everything, you can control more than you think, and you can live your life with a plan that will dramatically improve your chances of ending up at a destination you choose.

The problem is that most of us are so caught up in our moment-to-moment activities, we don’t stop to ask ourselves, Where is this all going? How is it going to end if I stick to this same path? Play

Our legacy comprises the spiritual, intellectual, relational, vocational, and social capital we pass on. It’s the sum total of the beliefs you embrace, the values you live by, the love you express, and the service you render to others.

Leadership expert Michael Hyatt reflected on Karnazes’s life and drew three conclusions about why we should embrace discomfort: 1. Comfort is overrated. It doesn’t lead to happiness. It makes us lazy—and forgetful. It often leads to self-absorption, boredom, and discontent. 2. Discomfort can be a catalyst for growth. It makes us yearn for something more. It forces us to change, stretch, and adapt. 3. Discomfort is often a sign we’re making progress. You’ve heard the expression, “no pain, no gain.” It’s true! When you push yourself to grow, you will experience discomfort.2

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If you catch yourself apologizing and then using the word but, stop dead in your tracks and back up. That little conjunction should be like a blinking red light, indicating that you are not taking ownership.

Practice before you preach. St. Francis reportedly said, 'Preach the gospel at all times and when necessary use words.

Paraphrasing: An old man claimed to be a psychic. The boy devised a plan to capture a bird, and ask the old man if the bird in his hands was dead or alive. Then he would crush it or let the bird fly, either way proving the man a fraud. So he said, "Tell me old man, is the bird alive or dead?" The wise old man looked at the boy and said, "The bird is as you choose it to be.

Some of the greatest insights we have ever experienced were those we least expected.

What do I wish I could be doing if money or status were not an issue?

When employees are working to attain passion and progress in every area of life, the are less likely to be cynical or apathetic.

The man without a purpose is like a ship without a rudder. —Thomas Carlyle For

Pull power is essential to reach our goals. You need to see a future with such clarity and desirability that you will go through all the uncomfortable things life throws at you to attain it. A

The first step towards getting somewhere is to decide you’re not going to stay where you are. —John Pierpont “J.P.” Morgan It

One intentional choice at a time, you make the world around you better.

For the moment, I want you to consider instead what a truly breakthrough year might look like for you. Imagine it’s twelve months from now, and you’ve accomplished your top goals in all of life’s domains. Think about your health. How does it feel to be in the best shape of your life? How does it feel to have the stamina to play for hours with your kids, pursue your favorite hobbies, and have energy to spare? Are you married? What’s it like to have deepened and enriched your most significant relationship, one where you can’t wait to spend time together? Imagine your life full of intimacy, joy, and friendship with someone who shares your most important priorities, your most significant goals, and gives the encouragement and support you’ve dreamt about for so long. Consider your finances. How does it feel to be debt-free, to have money left over at the end of the month? Imagine having the resources you need to meet your expenses, protect yourself against the unexpected, and invest for the future. Think how reassuring it is to have deep savings and how satisfying it is to provide your family with the life they desire and deserve. Reflect for a moment on your spiritual life. Imagine you have an abiding sense of something transcendent in your life, of a connection to a larger purpose and a bigger story. Imagine waking up grateful and going to bed satisfied. How does it feel to face life’s ups and downs with peace in the deepest part of your soul?

Por ejemplo, escribí lo siguiente: Estoy cansado de tener sobrepeso. Quiero estar en la mejor forma de mi vida. Quiero el impulso y la energía para poder ser el yo más productivo que pueda ser. Tuve que identificar mi porqué. Tuve que ver lo que estaba en juego si lo lograba. Y tuve que ver lo que estaba en juego si no lo lograba.

Lo fundamental: tienes que escribir tus motivaciones. Y tienes que conectar con ellas, no solo con tu cabeza, sino también con tu corazón.

We treat the pillow like the enemy of productivity, but skipping sleep ultimately hurts our work.

la incomodidad es un catalizador para el crecimiento. Nos hace desear algo más, y nos fuerza a cambiar, estirarnos y adaptarnos.

el futuro está en tus manos. Pero solamente si actúas hoy.

Celebrar desencadena el sistema de recompensa de nuestro cerebro, el cual, según el atleta de fondo Christopher Bergland, es “una fuerza motivadora principal para ayudarte a seguir adelante y alcanzar tus metas...

At this point I could have asked myself several questions: Why am I so clumsy? Why does this have to happen now? What did I do to deserve this? But the problem with these questions is that they are completely unproductive and disempowering. They are natural, of course. Probably even necessary. It’s all part of the process of grieving a loss. But ultimately there are better questions.

Regardless of the form your product takes, no amount of marketing savvy, salesmanship, or operational excellence can overcome a weak product.

The only people with no hope are those with no regrets.

Quienes no pueden recordar el pasado están condenados a repetirlo”. Si tienes problemas para identificar tus lecciones clave del año, una manera de extraerlas es preguntarte que le faltó a tu éxito.

If passion drives you, let reason hold the reins. Benjamin Franklin

What will your legacy be? What will your life mean to those closest to you? What will they remember about you? How will your life have impacted theirs?