Refuse to allow a weakness or a lack of ability in any area to hold you back. Everything is learnable. And what others have learned, you can learn as well – Eat That Frog
Happiness, as it’s said, is just results minus expectations – The Psychology of Money
Choose to not let the next five years be a continuum of the last. Choose to change your life, once and for all – The Compound Effect
You know by now that saying you’re ready to make the necessary changes and actually making them isn’t the same thing. To get different results, you’re going to have to do things differently and choose to Be The Exception – The Compound Effect
Think about your goals and review them daily. Every morning when you begin, take action on the most important task you can accomplish to achieve your most important goal at the moment – Eat That Frog
Take a look at your relationships. Make sure you’re not spending three hours with a three-minute person – The Compound Effect
After an Internet interruption, it takes about seventeen minutes for you to shift your total attention back to your task and continue working – Eat That Frog
A strategy—whether in companies or in life—is created through hundreds of everyday decisions about how you spend your time, energy, and money. With every moment of your time, every decision about how you spend your energy and your money, you are making a statement about what really matters to you – How Will You Measure Your Life
First, recognize troublemakers by their overbearing presence, or by their complaining nature. Once you spot them do not try to reform them or appease them— that will only make things worse. Do not attack them, whether directly or indirectly, for they are poisonous in nature and will work underground to destroy you. Do as the Athenians did: Banish them before it is too late. Separate them from the group before they become the eye of a whirlpool – The 48 Laws of Power
Maybe you can’t improve your execution from 45 to 85 percent in one week, but you can move from 45 to 55 or 60 percent – The 12 Week Year
You’ll only find your true limit when you go to fallure, not failure. Commitments by definition demand you “go to fallure, not failure – The 12 Week Year
Once you start your most important task, discipline yourself to persevere without diversion or distraction until it is 100 percent complete. See it as a test to determine whether you are the kind of person who can make a decision to complete something and then carry it out. Once you begin, refuse to stop until the job is finished – Eat That Frog
Only the weak rest on their laurels and dote on past triumphs; in the game of power there is never time to rest – The 48 Laws of Power
Going to bed and waking up at the same time of day no matter what is perhaps the single most effective way of helping improve your sleep, even though it involves the use of an alarm clock – Why We Sleep
If you live with the intentionality of effective time use, you will become a more effective leader of those around you, and you will build your business and personal success at a faster rate – The 12 Week Year
It’s likely that, if you wore such a device, you would find out that on the nights you slept more you ate less food the next day, and of a healthy kind; felt brighter, happier, and more positive; had better relationship interactions; and accomplished more in less time at work. Moreover, you would discover that during months of the year when you were averaging more sleep, you were sick less; your weight, blood pressure, and medication use were all lower; and your relationship or marriage satisfaction were better- Why We Sleep
Create and maintain a compelling vision of the future that you want even more than you desire your own short- term comfort, and then aligning your shorter term goals and plans, with that long- term vision – The 12 Week Year
Success in any area requires tons of discipline. Self discipline, self-mastery, and self-control are the basic building blocks of both character and high performance – Eat that Frog
Take every course and seminar available on the key skills that can help you. Attend the conventions and business meetings of your profession or occupation. Go to the sessions and workshops. Sit up front and take notes – Eat that Frog
If these tactics get done, you’ve had a great week; if not, you’ve lost a week. Having this level of clarity each week is not only powerful, it’s life changing – The 12 Week Year
The odds increase, the more you try
If you don’t sleep the very first night after learning, you lose the chance to consolidate those memories, even if you get lots of “catch-up” sleep thereafter – Why we sleep
I would venture to say that personal self-discipline is the number-one delineating factor between the rich, the poor, and the middle class – Rich Dad Poor Dad
Sometimes you have to make a list of every step in a process and examine every activity to determine exactly what is holding you back – Eat that Frog
People rarely act unless compelled to. If you create no need for yourself, then you will be done away with at first opportunity – The 48 Laws of Power
Your current actions are creating your current results – The 12 Week Year
