The tragedy is that everyone thinks they already have goals. But what they really have are hopes and wishes.
Practice the philosophy of continuous improvement. Get a little bit better every single day.
Learn something new. Try something different. Convince yourself that you have no limits.
The greatest gift that you can give to others is the gift of unconditional love and acceptance.
The key of success is for you to set one big, challenging goal and then to pay any price, overcome any obstacle and persist through any difficulty until you finally achieve it.
Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.
Concentrate on the activities of prospecting, presenting and following-up; the sales will take care of themselves.
Throw yourself wholeheartedly into your work; the more you enjoy it, the better you get.
Clear, written goals have a wonderful effect on your thinking. They motivate you and galvanize you into action. They stimulate your creativity, release your energy, and help you to overcome procrastination as much as any other factor.
Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.
There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.
Be clear about your goal but be flexible about the process of achieving it.
Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.
Do one thing at a time. Start the day with a list of things you have to do, and do the most important things first.
Failing to plan means planning to fail. What are your goals?
These seven key result areas are prospecting, building rapport, identifying needs, presenting, answering objections, closing the sale, and getting resales and referrals.
Watson replied with these wonderful words: “If you want to be successful faster, you must double your rate of failure. Success lies on the far side of failure.
Whenever you are faced with a risky situation, ask yourself this question, What is the worst possible thing that could happen if I go ahead?
Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “Make a habit throughout your life of doing the things you fear. If you do the thing you fear, the death of fear is certain.
Zen Buddhism teaches that the main cause of human suffering and unhappiness is “attachment.” People become attached to ideas, opinions, and material things, and then they are reluctant to let go of them.
Zig Ziglar used to say that, “If you will be hard on yourself, life will be easy on you. But if you insist upon being easy on yourself, life is going to be very hard on you.