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"If the ladder is not leaning against the right wall, every step we take just gets us to the wrong place faster. We may be very busy, and we may be very efficient, but we will also be truly effective only when we begin with the end in mind."
— Stephen R. Covey
“Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit at home and think of it. Go out and get busy.”
- Dale Carnegie
"If someone is not experiencing the levels of success they want, they simply haven’t committed to putting the necessary habits in place, which will create the results they want."
— Hal Elrod, The Miracle Morning for Real Estate Agents
"Look at the activities and commitments that currently fill your life. If you were starting from a blank slate, which of these would you add now? For everything else, is there a way you can wind these down over the next few months?"
— Laura Vanderkam, Off the Clock
"Happy moods, no matter the source, lead people to be more productive, more likable, more active, more healthy, more friendly, more helpful, more resilient, and more creative. This means that positive emotions actually help us achieve our goals (reinforcing the feeling that we are working toward something important) as well as help us strive for meaning and purpose in life."
— Sonja Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness
"Every minute that you spend planning your work will save you at least 10 minutes in getting your work done. It takes only 10 to 12 minutes for you to plan your entire day. But you will get back two hours of productive time, 120 minutes, just by planning your work before you begin."
— Brian Tracy, Time Management
"It is a simple two-step process: Decide the type of person you want to be. Prove it to yourself with small wins."
— James Clear, Atomic Habits
"If every detail of our past created our present, then every moment of our present is creating our future, too."
— Brian Klaas, Fluke: Chance, Chaos, and Why Everything We Do Matters
"Having a structured end-of-work routine allows us to tie up loose ends, prioritize tasks for the next day, and mentally prepare ourselves for a smooth transition into our personal lives."
— Charles Duhigg, The Power of Habit
"Exercise is like taking a little bit of Prozac and a little bit of Ritalin because, like the drugs, exercise elevates these neurotransmitters."
— John Ratey
"Everything that happens to you or for you in your life happens for specific causes, which lead to the effects that make up your life as it is today. If you want to change the effects, you must change the causes. If you want to change what you are getting out, you must change what you are putting in."
— Brian Tracy, Personal Success
"Having goals in and of themselves is strongly associated with happiness and life satisfaction."
— Sonja Lyubomirsky, The How of Happiness
"I keep my mind so busy thinking about what I wish to accomplish that there is no room in it for thinking about things I don’t want."
— Henry Ford
"Elite Performers manage their time and stick to a schedule. Others mismanage their time and don’t have a schedule."
— Troy Bassham, Attainment
"I continually ask myself a very powerful self-coaching question: ‘What would the person who is the best in the world at what I do be doing in this very moment?’"
— Darrin Donnelly
“Happiness leads to success in nearly every domain of our lives, including marriage, health, friendship, community involvement, creativity, and in particular, our jobs, careers, and businesses. Data abounds showing that happy workers have higher levels of productivity, produce higher sales, perform better in leadership positions, and receive higher performance ratings and higher pay.”
- Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage
"Every time you push yourself to speak when you’re nervous, act when you’re afraid, or get to the gym when you don’t feel like it, you realize that you can rely on yourself to get anything done. From this belief in your personal abilities flows your confidence."
— Mel Robbins, The 5 Second Rule
"In the end, it’s not about what you achieve but who you become."
— Bill Beswick, Changing Your Story
“The person we believe ourselves to be will always act in a manner consistent with our self-image…We will always tend to fulfill our own expectation of ourselves.”
- Brian Tracy