Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.
The purpose of life is the life of purpose.
Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.
All great thinkers are initially ridiculed – and eventually revered.
Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul.
Daily ripples of excellence over time become a tsunami of success.
Great achievement always requires great sacrifice.
There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.
Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.
Life is short. Be of use.
The greatest things in life all require commitment, sacrifice, some struggle and hardship. It’s not easy. But absolutely worth it.
Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.
Leadership is not about executive position or title. It is about connection and influence. At its highest, leadership is all about adding value to the world and blessing lives through the work you do.
Making money isn’t a bad thing at all – it allows for a lot more freedom.
Clarity precedes mastery and the more clear you can get on what you want to create in life, the more focused you will be in your daily behaviors.
Every day can be a platform to get you closer to your mountaintop. And yet, too many people live life by accident.
I had many of the trappings of success. I was a lawyer. I drove a nice car and I had nice things. But “things” don’t make a rich life.
As a lawyer, money was my driving force. As the years passed, I accumulated more but was less happy.
Ask yourself this question every day: “How may I best serve the most people?”
Money is a function of value creation. The more value you create for other people, the higher the sales of your organization.