I wish for a world where success is measured not by what we take nor by what we get. Just by what we give. And who we become.
— Robin S. Sharma
I write in a journal daily. This extraordinary ritual has revolutionised my mindset, transformed my heartset, and generally influenced my life exponentially.
If you're the most productive person in your community, it's definitely time to find a new community.
One of the fastest ways to find the solution to an issue or challenge you are facing is to ask the right questions.
Be there for people, and they'll be there for you.
The little things amount to big things.
Delegate to others who have strengths where you don't. But sometimes, you just need to be the one to drive the change when everyone else is waiting for someone else to take the first step. To me, that's courage in action.
The best do sweat the small stuff. They get the seemingly insignificant details right. They have the discipline to shine at the baby things which they get gives birth to spectacular giant things.
Most of us are cut from the same cloth. We all can be a hero if we choose. And it just isn't that hard.
The most important things in life have nothing to do with things.
We are built to love. Have the bravery to open the heart you have contracted from life's disappointments. This is how the heroes roll.
It's so easy to get caught up in the thick of thin things. So seductive to spend your finest hours climbing mountains that, at the end, turn out to be the wrong ones.
Success is not a function of the size of your title but the richness of your contribution.
By seizing the opportunities that disruption presents and leveraging hard times into greater success through outworking/outinnovating/outthinking and outworking everyone around you, this just might be the richest time of your life so far.
Victims recite problems. Leaders develop solutions. That might seem like common sense, but common sense is rarely common practice.
Three hours of focused time on the projects that will really add value and uplift your career are so much better than 10 hours where you are constantly being interrupted and taken off your focus.
While their competition is asleep, world-class leaders are up - and they're not watching the news or reading the paper. They are thinking, planning and practicing.
I wish for a world where people understand that life is short. So today's the time to do big things.
Go for great. Own your game. Be kind. Get big things done.
If you're the smartest person you know, it's time to know some new people.
Leadership and greatness comes to those who follow-through. Who stand for near-flawless execution.
The more you rely/trust and believe in your team and the bigger the investment you make in getting them to their greatness, the larger will be the commitment, engagement, and outright devotion they have when it comes to you.
Stay true to your values.
I move things forward fast. Just love speed.
Most organizations don't fall apart as a result of one big blow. Most relationships don't end because of one grand argument. Most lives don't fall to pieces due to one sad event. No, I suggest to you that sustained failure happens as the consequence of small, daily acts of neglect that stack up over time to lead to a blow up - and break down.
The difference between a remarkable life and a mediocre one is not nearly as large as you might imagine. Nope, we all pretty much start out with the same raw stuff.
Be a warrior when it comes to delivering on your ambitions. And a saint when it comes to treating people with respect, modeling generosity, and showing up with outright love.
The brighter the fire in your belly to achieve something special, the more hurts you'll have.
The vast masterpieces of art, business, science, and humanity were not constructed by practical people.
Your billion-dollar ideas don't show up in the middle of dramatic distraction. They show up when you have the business and personal discipline to make space for your creative mind to flourish.
Difficult times disrupt your conventional ways of thinking and push you to forge better habits of thought, performance and being.
Here's the thing: When you become brilliant at listening, people feel that you care about them. When they feel you care about them, they begin to care about you. And when people care about you, your success becomes a part of how they define their success.
Cell phones, mobile e-mail, and all the other cool and slick gadgets can cause massive losses in our creative output and overall productivity.
Be spectacularly great at what you do. Wear your passion on your sleeve and hold your heart in the palm of your hand. And work hard. Really hard.
I wish for a world where everyone understands that discomfort is the price of legendary. And fear is just growth coming to get you.
You can inspire the world. Or you can be liked by all. You don't get to do both.
Questions matter. In business, remarkable performers are brilliant at getting to the right question: the one that speeds them to the place they need to get to and offers them the missing piece they need to find.
Talk is cheap. Actions speak.
Small, daily elevations compound into massive results over time.
Stay true to your vision/dream. There's something to be said for just staying at what you are trying to achieve well past the point everyone else gives up.
One of my weaknesses is impatience. I just have this aching need to get great things done. Can't stand slow change.
Greatness comes by doing a few small and smart things each and every day. Comes from taking little steps, consistently. Comes from a making a few small chips against everything in your professional and personal life that is ordinary, so that a day eventually arrives when all that's left is The Extraordinary.
Your income reflects your self-identity. Your impact reveals your personal story.
Being productive at your craft is important. Being productive in your devotion to grow as a human is essential.
The true leader - the genuine world-builder - lives to the point. Acutely concentrated on the few high priorities that will deliver the life of their greatest aspirations. At the end.
The more people you help and the more value you create, the more your business will fly - and the quicker you'll win.
Just imagine how fast, innovative and excellent your business will be once every single teammate - from the janitor to the executive - begins to see themselves as the CEO of their own area of responsibility.
Anyone can show exceptional leadership ability in easy times. When all's going to plan, anyone can be inspirational/excellent/innovative and strong. The real question is how do you show up when everything's falling apart?
The best of the best understand that people do business with people they like. People do business with people they trust, and people do business with those who make them feel special.
Top athletes understand that to play at their best, they must alternate periods of intense performance with periods of strategic renewal.
