Tag: success

Because that’s the only way you’ll listen.

That’s the only way to get you out of your own way and on the path to extraordinary…

Here’s  a harsh reality.  Being edgy — living on the edge of outrageous opportunity hurts like hell at times.  → more

There is no one secret formula to doing amazing things – to achieving the impossible.  Timing, a lot of effort, and good old-fashion “luck” have a way of making what someone else has already done pretty hard to reproduce.

Which is why I have problems with a lot of the sales books I read.  They don’t tell the true story about what was the real cause of the success that happened.  → more

We all want to believe that who we are matters. We desperately want to know that what we do makes a difference.

That’s not odd.  It’s the way that we are made.  Our brains are made to search for meaning —  to find self-worth. → more

There is no Easy Street.

Sure, growing up in Northern Virginia there was an actual road off Route 1 called Easy St. close to where I used to get my hair cut once a month. (Ironically — it was in the bad part of town.)

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Being successful all comes down to doing one thing really well.

And that one thing is: PRACTICE.

And not just the type of practice where you turn on the egg timer and sit down at the piano to grind through your drills until you hear the ding (which brings me back to the 10th grade). → more

You will be whatever you are planning for yourself to be.

(……let that sink in for a moment)

Chances are that you won’t win the lottery or have a rich uncle leave you a small fortune.  If you are like the majority of people, you will likely stumble through life making excuses for your failure and trying to stay optimistic that success might just be right around the corner. → more

You can’t stand out when you look like everyone else.

You can’t inspire and challenge others when you are just as fearful as them to stand out and be noticed.  To put yourself in a position where people disagree with you.  To be criticized, abused, and disbelieved. → more

There is no shortcut to success.

Unlike every episode with Indiana Jones, there is no Holy Grail of aspirational whymsy whereby you plot a few strategic moves and end up with all the pieces on the board. → more

Is what you doing right now something the world can’t live without?  Are you the difference between success and failure?  Are you truly indispensable? → more