The easiest thing in the world is to be distracted. You have to be able to stay focused on your goal and keep going, no matter how hard it gets.
Quotex
If you want success in life, take responsibility. No one else is responsible for your success except you. That puts the power in your hands.
Nobody has to convince you to do what you have to do.
It's your dream. I don't owe you a dime. If you want it to happen, get your butt up and make it happen.
There is always someone on your heels. There is always someone hungry and ready to take what you have. If you're number one, you have to act like number two trying to get there. Revisit your past, when you weren't the top dog. Remember how much it hurt.
Left of Bang
How you do anything, is how you do everything.
It takes a long time to grow an old friend.
it [friendship] has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.
Friendship cannot be separated from reality any more than the beautiful. It is a miracle, like the beautiful. And the miracle consists simply in the fact that it exists.
No matter where you go (no matter where you are), it is your friends who make your world.
The best way to predict how someone will act in the future, is to look at what they've already done.
Process isn't sexy. But process determines outcome.
Take emotion out of the decision making process. Your initial reaction is the wrong reaction. It's important to take a second to think about it, even if you only have a second.
Don't react. Do respond.
All stress is self-induced stress.
Stress is a bag of bricks. You can pick stress up and carry it around. At any time with stress you can set it down and forget about it, you should, because it's doing you absolutely no good. It's in your mind.
Are you teaching people how to be better at their job, or are you doing their job for them?
Preparation comes from training, communication, and repetition.
Do everything like you do anything.