Less Is More

Smiling wins more friends than frowning.

Their behaviour is a product of their own conscious choice, based on values, rather than a product of their conditions, based on feeling.

Proactive are value driven; and if their value is to produce good quality work, it isn’t a function of whether the weather is conducive to it or not.

If our feelings control out actions, it is because we have abdicated our responsibility and empowered them to do so.

Proactive people focus their efforts in the Circle of Influence. They work on the things they can do something about.

Sometimes the most proactive thing we can do is to be happy, just to genuinely smile. Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice.

Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.

A good affirmation has five basic ingredients: it’s personal, it’s positive, it’s present tense, it’s visual, and it’s emotional.

If you visualize the wrong thing, you’ll produce the wrong thing.

World-class athletes and other peak performers are visualizers. They see it; they feel it; they experience it before they actually do it. They begin with the end in mind.

The successful person has the habit of doing the things failures don’t like to do. (E.M. Grey)

Time management is really a misnomer – the challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves.

The key is not to prioritize what’s on your schedule, but to schedule your priorities.

There’s no better way to inform and expand your mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.