Motivation starts the race, but self-discipline ultimately crosses the finish line.
Using passion as your only fuel will no more assure you of success than being in love will ensure a successful long-term relationship.
Hard work pays off. When someone tells you otherwise, beware the sales pitch for something “fast and easy” that’s about to come next. The greater your capacity for hard work, the more rewards fall within your grasp. The deeper you can dig, the more treasure you can potentially find.
For good or ill, your habits will make or break you.
I got screwed over in some bad business deals, but as long as I focused on those past problems, I couldn’t move forward. I had to let all of that go and forgive everyone and everything first.
You must assume 100% responsibility for your financial life. If you’re going to improve your situation, you have to put the full burden of doing so squarely on your own shoulders. First and foremost, you must hold yourself responsible.
Achieving meaningful goals requires that you commit your entire ass, not just one cheek.
I realized that my bliss and my heartbreak both point in the same direction. I follow my joy and my heartbreak simultaneously because they’re two sides of the same coin.
You are too free and untamable to be labeled.
Discipline is like a muscle. The more you build it, the more you can rely on it.
When you go to bed whenever and allow yourself to get up whenever, you reward your brain for continued laziness and inefficiency.
When I’m working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.” – R. BUCKMINSTER FULLER.
Persistence of action comes from persistence of vision.
Money itself is too weak to motivate much discipline. This is one reason so many people are deep in debt.
Are you trying to live a safe life? The word safe is both an adjective and a noun. As an adjective it means “being free from danger.” As a noun it’s “an enclosed storage container with a lock.” If you’re living the adjective, you’re living the noun. Don’t trap yourself in a cage of false security by trying to avoid rejection. In the long run, building your courage is a smarter choice than running from imaginary dangers.
Instead of meeting your needs, you experience true abundance. Instead of applying your knowledge to your tasks, you unlock your true genius. Instead of tolerating your daily routine, you work in a state of joy. And instead of just putting in the time, you fill your days with a sense of purpose. What.
One of the secrets to success is recognizing that motivation follows action. The momentum of continuous action fuels motivation, while procrastination kills motivation. So act boldly, as if it’s impossible to fail. If you keep adding fuel to your desire, you will reach the point of knowing that you’ll never quit, and ultimate success will be nothing more than a matter of time.
The way I see it, school is never out. If you want to put yourself in a position of creating substantial value, you must commit to being a lifelong student.
Your social network will eventually reflect your neural network.
Many difficulties which nature throws our way, may be smoothed away by the exercise of intelligence.” – TITUS LIVIUS.