Success and joy and inner peace don’t just show up. You need to create them.
I’m getting why Steve Jobs didn’t give his kids the very things he sold to the world. He understood how addictive they could be, if improperly used. And how they could make us less human and less alive.
Geniuses understand that it’s smarter to create one masterwork than one thousand ordinary pieces.
I’ve shared with you that long stretches spent in noiseless contemplation is one of the secrets of the advanced mind. Ultimately, you’re the only person you’ll be with your entire life. Why not strengthen your relationship with your greatest self, fully know your genius and start a lifetime love affair with your most noble nature?
No. Genius has far less to do with your genetics and much more to do with your habits. Stepping into the person you’ve always imagined you could be is a trained result – available to anyone willing to open themselves up, do the work and run the practices that make magic real.
We all know that within every seeming setback lies a distinguished opportunity for even greater success.
Walking into the very things that scare you is how you reclaim your forgotten power.
Stay away from all drama queens and negativity kings. If you don’t, sooner or later, they’ll dissolve your bigness and destroy your life. It’s just what they do.
Courage is an exquisite weapon to defeat the armies of regret that tear away at lives meekly lived.
Do not betray the powers that sleep within you by staying too late in a soft bed that keeps you sedated.
The great women and men of the world were all givers, not takers.
Rise and shine so you’ll escape the misery of mediocrity” written at the top in red.
The more you are as a person, the less you need to prove yourself to others.
I work less, have more fun and yet I get way more done.
Victims have big TVs. Leaders own large libraries.
Today, be a little bolder. Reach a little higher. Be a little kinder. Be a bigger dreamer.
Those who hurt others silently loathe themselves.
Most people take the limits of their vision to be the limits of the world. A few do not. Join them.
Consistency really is the DNA of mastery. And small, daily, seemingly insignificant improvements when done consistently over time yield staggering results.
We only hear what we’re ready to hear,” observed the homeless man sagely. “All learning meets us exactly where we’re at. And as we grow greater, we understand better.