We all know a variety of ways to make a living. What's even more fascinating is figuring out ways to make a fortune.
We get paid for bringing value to the marketplace. It takes time,... but we get paid for the value, not the time.
How do you deserve a fortune? Render fortunes of service.
What you become is far more important that what you get. What you get will be influenced by what you become.
The real problem is usually two or three questions deep. If you want to go after someone's problem, be aware that most people aren't going to reveal what the real problem is after the first question.
Books are easy to find and easy to buy. A paperback these days only costs six or seven dollars. You can borrow that from your kids!
If you want to have more, you have to become more.
The biggest reason people don't succeed is because they don't expose themselves to existing information.
Success is something you attract by the person you become. If you want to have more, you must become more.
It is the accumulative weight of our disciplines and our judgments that leads us to either fortune or failure.
Knowledge fueled by emotion equals action.
Don't ask for life to be easy. Ask for it to be worth it.
If you spend five minutes complaining, you have just wasted five minutes.
Some people claim that it is okay to read trashy novels because sometimes you can find something valuable in them. You can also find a crust of bread in a garbage can, if you search long enough, but there is a better way.
Sophistication and lifestyle is understanding the difference between trinkets and treasures.
The greatest form of maturity is at harvest time. This is when we must learn how to reap without complaint if the amounts are small and how to reap without apology if the amounts are big.
So, before you are tempted to give up or get discouraged, remember all success is based on long term commitment, faith, discipline, attitude and a few stepping stones along the way. You might not like the stone you are on right now, but it's sure to be one of the stones that lead to great opportunities in the future.
At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.
Sales people should take lessons from their kids. What does the word ‘no’ mean to a child? Almost nothing.
When you know what you want and you want it badly enough, you will find the ways to get it.
Goal-setting is powerful because it provides focus. It shapes our dreams. It gives us the ability to hone in on the exact actions we need to perform to achieve everything we desire in life.
Treat the past as a school.
Kids are curious.Kids are watching ants while adults are stepping on them.
Real wisdom is simple. Living life rightly does not have to be a complicated challenge.
Beware of the thief on the street that's after your purse. But also beware of the thief in your mind that's after your promise.
