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"Often we are caught in a mental trap of seeing enormously successful people and thinking they are where they are because they have some special gift. Yet a closer look shows that the greatest gift that extraordinarily successful people have over the average person is their ability to get themselves to take action."
"Most fears in life rarely come to fruition."
"The words that we attach to our experience become our experience."
"You can make a lot of money. You can rule kingdoms or run huge businesses or control vast terrain. But if you're just doing it for yourself, you're not really a success."
"Most of society thinks that biography is destiny, that the past equals the future, and of course it does if you live there...but what we really have to remind ourselves is that decision is the ultimate power."
"Remember, it's not conditions but decisions that determine our lives."
"Often people talk about how they feel 'stuck' in a situation. You're never stuck! You may be a little frustrated, you may not have clear answers, but you're not stuck. The minute you represent the situation to yourself as being stuck, though, that's exactly how you'll feel. We must be very careful about the metaphors we allow ourselves to use."
"Beliefs help us tap the richest resources deep within us, creating & directing these resources to support our desired outcome"
"Expectations send unconscious signals that people respond to."
"The birth of excellence begins with our awareness that our beliefs are a choice. We usually don't think of it that way, but belief can be a conscious choice. You can choose beliefs that limit you, or you can choose beliefs that support you. The trick is to choose the beliefs that are conducive to success and the results you want and to discard the ones that hold you back."
"If your life's worth living, it's worth recording."
"Most of us make unconscious choices in the words that we use; we sleep-walk through the maze of possibilities available to us."
"I'm both challenged and excited. My excitement is: I get a chance to give something back. My challenge is: The shortest seminar I usually do is 50 hours."
"You and I have that same power at our disposal every moment of the day. At the moment, the questions that we ask ourselves can shape our perception of who we are, what we're capable of, and what we're willing to do to achieve our dreams."
"Some people try to deal with money by pretending it doesn't matter, but financial pressure is something that affects us all every day of our lives."
"When people 'succeed' they tend to party, when they 'fail' they tend to ponder."
"KNOWLEDGE is only Power to the Extent that it is... U S E D"
"We only learn our limits by going beyond them. I propose that we all commit ourselves to the process of Constant and Never ending Improvement."
"Is is in the small decisions you and I make every day that create our destiny."
"If all we needed were ideas and positive thinking, then we all would have had ponies when we were kids and we would all be living our "dream life" now."