Select any goal, task, or project in your life on which you have been procrastinating and make a list of all the steps you will need to take to eventually complete the task. Then take just one step immediately. Sometimes all you need to do to get started is to sit down and complete one item on the list. And then do one more, and so on. You will be amazed at what you eventually accomplish – Eat That Frog
Tracking is a simple exercise. It works because it brings moment-to-moment awareness to the actions you take in the area of your life you want to improve – The Compound Effect
Give, and you shall receive – Rich Dad Poor Dad
Your rewards, both financial and emotional, will always be in direct proportion to your results, to the value of your contribution. If you want to increase your rewards, you must focus on increasing the value of what you do – Eat That Frog
Everybody likes to be praised, but when praise is specific, it comes across as sincere— not something said just to manipulate. Remember, we all crave appreciation and recognition, and will do almost anything to get it. But nobody wants insincerity. Nobody wants flattery – How to Win Friends and Influence People
The most productive people take the time to create a work area where they enjoy spending time. The cleaner and neater you organize your work area before you begin, the easier it will be for you to get started and keep going – Eat That Frog
The person we are going to correct and condemn will probably justify themselves, and condemn us in return – How to Win Friends and Influence People
If you learn life’s lessons, you will do well. If not, life will just continue to push you around. People do two things. Some just let life push them around. Others get angry and push back. But they push back against their boss, or their job, or their husband or wife. They do not know it’s life that’s pushing – Rich Dad Poor Dad
time planner, broken down by day, hour, and minute and organized in advance, can be one of the most powerful personal productivity tools of all. It enables you to see where you can consolidate and create blocks of time for concentrated work. During these working times, turn off the telephone, eliminate all distractions, and work nonstop – Eat That Frog
You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you – How to Win Friends and Influence People
Crown. Place it upon your head and you assume a different pose— tranquil yet radiating assurance. Never show doubt, never lose your dignity beneath the crown, or it will not fit. It will seem to be destined for one more worthy – The 48 Laws of Power
The idea is that you have to take risk to get ahead, but no risk that can wipe you out is ever worth taking – The Psychology of Money
Your weekly scorecard is the most accurate predictor of your future. If you faithfully complete the critical actions on a daily and weekly basis, the results will come. So the process is less about the end result and more about the daily actions – The 12 Week Year
Be Observant about yourself and you will avoid a mountain of blunders – The 48 Laws of Power
Don’t lie in bed awake. If you find yourself still awake after staying in bed for more than twenty minutes or if you are starting to feel anxious or worried, get up and do some relaxing activity until you feel sleepy. The anxiety of not being able to sleep can make it harder to fall asleep – Why We Sleep
It’s not getting to the wall that counts. It’s what you do after you hit it that really matters – The Compound Effect
Something compounds—Little growth serves as the fuel for future growth— a small starting base can lead to results so extraordinary they seem to defy logic. It can be so logic-defying that you underestimate what’s possible, where growth comes from, and what it can lead to – The Psychology of Money
Look back on your life five years ago. Are you now where you thought you’d be five years later? Have you kicked the bad habits you had vowed to kick? Are you in the shape you wanted to be? Do you have the cushy income, the enviable lifestyle, and the personal freedom you expected? Do you have the vibrant health, abundant loving relationships, and the world-class skills you’d intended to have by this point in your life? – The Compound Effect
Any fool can criticize, condemn, and complain— and most fools do. But it takes character and self-control to understand and forgive – How to Win Friends and Influence People
Remember, success is simple. Do the right things— and keep doing them day in and day out— and I know you will experience the best life has to offer – The Compound Effect
Your ability to select your most important task, to begin it, and then to concentrate on it single-mindedly until it is complete is the key to high levels of performance and personal productivity – Eat That Frog
Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view – How to Win Friends and Influence People
In short, your focus is worth a lot of money, which is why YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram do everything they can to keep you glued to your screen. However, your focus is also worth a lot of money to you – The Dopamine Detox
Many people fail to make a favorable impression because they don’t listen attentively. “They are so concerned with what they are going to say next that they do not keep their ears open…. Very important people have told me that they prefer good listeners to good talkers, but the ability to listen seems rarer than almost any other good trait.” – How to Win Friends and Influence People
At the end of the day, the only accountability that truly exists is self- accountability – The 12 Week Year
Once we accept that our actions have an impact on the outcome then, and only then, are we truly empowered to create the results we desire – The 12 Week Year
Persons with comparatively moderate powers will accomplish much, if they apply themselves wholly and indefatigably to one thing at a time – Eat That Frog
Your ability to select your most important task, to begin it, and then to concentrate on it single-mindedly until it is complete is the key to high levels of performance and personal productivity – Eat That Frog
Commitment is a personal promise that you make to yourself. Keeping your promises to others builds strong relationships, and keeping promises to yourself builds character, esteem, and success – The 12 Week Year
First thing you want to remember with a mentor is that it doesn’t need to take a lot of their time. The best advice ever gotten is in short clips, having lunch or breakfast with somebody, just telling them what you’re working on and asking their advice. You will be amazed how successful businesspeople are willing to be mentors to people when it’s not taking a lot of time – The Compound Effect
One of the keys to high levels of performance and productivity is to make every minute count. Use travel and transition times, what are often called “gifts of time,” to complete small chunks of larger tasks – Eat That Frog
Have the courage to assess each week and don’t back down, even when you have a disappointing week – The 12 Week Year
At the end of the day, the only accountability that truly exists is self- accountability – The 12 Week Year
Increased tendency to think always in terms of other people’s point of view, and see things from their angle— if you get that one thing, it may easily prove to be one of the building blocks of your career – How to Win Friends and Influence People
To be effective you will want to focus on the things that you can control – The 12 Week Year
Use the positive side of this emotional osmosis to advantage. If, for example, you are miserly by nature, you will never go beyond a certain limit; only generous souls attain greatness. Associate with the generous, then, and they will infect you, opening up everything that is tight and restricted in you – The 48 Laws of Power-Profile Books
Try honestly to see things from the other person’s point of view – How to Win Friends and Influence People
Reputation depends more on what is hidden than on what is seen. If you can’t be good, be careful – The 48 Laws of Power
The unvarnished truth is that almost all the people you meet feel themselves superior to you in some way, and a sure path to their hearts is to let them realize in some subtle way that you recognize their importance, and recognize it sincerely – How to Win Friends and Influence People
The Question you should ask is, “What is the most valuable use of my time right now?” – Eat That Frog
When you see several steps ahead, and plan your moves all the way to the end, you will no longer be tempted by emotion or by the desire to improvise. Your clarity will rid you of the anxiety and vagueness that are the primary reasons why so many fail to conclude their actions successfully. You see the ending and you tolerate no deviation – The 48 Laws of Power
Perhaps the reason people still have so much to do at the end of the day is precisely because they do not get enough sleep at night – Why We Sleep
To create new results you will have to be willing to pass through fear, uncertainty, and discomfort, and ultimately create new and more productive habits – The 12 Week Year
Learn to control this propensity to blab, for its effect is often the opposite of what you expected – The 48 Laws of Power
Real and lasting success requires work— and lots of it! – The Compound Effect
It is much more powerful to get others to agree with you through your actions, without saying a word. Demonstrate, do not explicate – The 48 Laws of Power
Remember, what you do first thing in the morning matters far more than you think. Just one tiny decision can have a dramatic effect on your day’s productivity – Dopamine Detox
First, plan each day in advance, select your most important task, and then start on that task first thing, before you do anything else. Second, work nonstop for ninety minutes with no diversion or distraction, and then give yourself a fifteen-minute break. Third, start again and work another ninety minutes flat out. Finally, after this three-hour work period, you can then reward yourself with a shot of dopamine by checking your e-mail – Eat That Frog
You can make all the excuses you want; the world doesn’t care. As harsh as that sounds, it’s the truth. Oh, you may from time to time get a little sympathy, and maybe if you’re really lucky a free beer, but that’s about it. Giving away your power will never create the success you long for. Resolve right now to never again let excuses get in the way of you achieving your goals – The 12 Week Year
You get up. You do it— no argument – The Compound Effect
It is the power of being able to overcome the natural human tendency to react to things as they happen, and instead to train oneself to step back, imagining the larger things taking shape beyond one’s immediate vision – The 48 Laws of Power
Review your work list right now and put an A, B, C, D, or E next to each task or activity. Select your A-1 job or project and begin on it immediately. Discipline yourself to do nothing else until this one job is complete – Eat That Frog
The more you are in contact with others, the more graceful and at ease you become. Isolation, on the other hand, engenders an awkwardness in your gestures, and leads to further isolation, as people start avoiding you – The 48 Laws of Power
Self-Discipline Is the Key Elbert Hubbard defined self-discipline as “the ability to make yourself do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.” – Eat That Frog
Remember that name and call it easily, and you have paid a subtle and very effective compliment. But forget it or misspell it— and you have placed yourself at a sharp disadvantage – How to Win Friends and Influence People
