Some people worry. Others prepare.
The biggest risk a person can take is to do nothing.
You always reap what you sow; there is no shortcut.
Taking initiative is a form of self-empowerment.
A few heart-whole, sincere, and energetic men and women can do more in a year than a mob in a century.
If you are willing to do only what’s easy, life will be hard. But if you are willing to do what’s hard, life will be easy.
With self-discipline most anything is possible.
Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
It isn’t enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.
I’m not a big believer in long-term planning and far-off goals. In fact, I generally set 3-month and 6-month dreamlines. The variables change too much and in-the-future distance becomes an excuse for postponing action.
The most important actions are never comfortable.
Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can’t do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.
Be bold and don’t worry about what people think. They don’t do it that often anyway.
Knowledge is NOT power. Knowledge is only POTENTIAL power. Action is power.
Procrastination is attitude’s natural assassin. There’s nothing so fatiguing as an uncompleted task.
The only time I get depressed is when I am not being productive. It’s when I am not accomplishing or doing or contributing in any way. Nothing makes me less happy than relaxation and sitting around with nothing to do.
As a guiding principle, life shrinks and life expands in direct proportion to your willingness to assume risk.
Free time is the enemy of progress.
Overthinking the process will kill any career in the creative space. You just have to do, not think.
You either act on ideas or set them free. You don’t dwell on them.