If you realize that you’re the problem, then you can change yourself, learn something and grow wiser. Don’t blame other people for your problems.
The word accounting comes from the word accountability. If you are going to be rich, you need to be accountable for your money.
Real patriotism is a willingness to challenge the government when it’s wrong.
Make small commitments and keep them. Be a light, not a judge. Be a model, not a critic. Be a part of the solution, not the problem.
You can learn great things from your mistakes when you aren’t busy denying them.
Be proactive. Ask yourself, “Are my actions based on self-chosen values or on my moods, feelings and circumstances?”
Your systems are perfectly designed to get the results that you are getting.
Highly proactive people don’t blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. Their behavior is a product of their own conscious choice.
You can’t hold someone accountable for results if you supervise their methods.
To know and not to do is not to know.
The proactive approach to a mistake is to acknowledge it instantly, correct and learn from it. This literally turns a failure into a success.
If a user is having a problem, it’s our problem.
We are responsible for what we are, and whatever we wish ourselves to be, we have the power to make ourselves.
Stand up, be bold, and take the blame on your own shoulders. Do not go about throwing mud at others; for all the faults you suffer from, you are the sole and only cause.
When we deal in generalities, we shall never succeed. When we deal in specifics, we shall rarely have a failure. When performance is measured, performance improves. When performance is measured and reported, the rate of performance accelerates.
Whatever the problem, be part of the solution. Don’t just sit around raising questions and pointing out obstacles.
In essence, if we want to direct our lives, we must take control of our consistent actions. It’s not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives, but what we do consistently.
You see, in life, lots of people know what to do, but few people actually do what they know. Knowing is not enough! You must take action.
It is your decisions, and not your conditions, that determine your destiny.
If you can’t, then you must!