Quotes from Steve Chandler

I believe that half the unhappiness in life comes from people being afraid to go straight at things.

From now on, make it a personal commitment to notice everything that pushes your buttons. Make a note of everything that inspires you. That's your control panel. Those buttons operate your whole system of personal motivation.

People who do "lowly" jobs with love and energy find themselves being promoted and offered other "better" jobs very quickly. Because they understand what Robert Frost meant when he said, "The way out is through.

Worry is not true thought. Worry is a misuse of the imagination.

Pretending you aren't going to die is detrimental to your enjoyment of life. It is detrimental in the same way that it would be detrimental for a basketball player to pretend there was no end to the game he was playing. That player would reduce his intensity, adopt a lazy playing style, and, of course, end up not having any fun at all. Without an end, there is no game. Without being conscious of death, you can't be fully aware of the gift of life.

Stop shooting for happiness. You are aiming too low.

your mind was given to you to use to create the person you want to be.

as you continue in action, the fear dissolves, like a fist full of salt in the river.

The coaching profession has a problem that is two-fold: there is a low bar for entry and a high bar for success.

Action is the answer.

The Pro coach knows that being uncomfortable is the only way to grow. And because they create such powerful agreements, their clients never miss or are late for a session.

My favorite American philosopher is Ralph Waldo Emerson, who once observed, "If you write a better book, or preach a better sermon, or build a better mousetrap than your neighbor, the world will make a beaten path to your door.

Groucho Marx once said he found television very educational. "Every time someone turns it on," he said, "I go in the other room to read a book.

Purpose can be built, strengthened, and made more inspiring every day. We are totally responsible for our own sense of purpose. We can go inside our own spirit and create it, or not. The energy of our lives is wholly dependent on how much purpose we're willing to create.

Self-concept, says Nathaniel Branden, is destiny.

Sound when stretched is music. Movement when stretched is dance. Mind when stretched is meditation. Life when stretched is celebration. Shri Ravishankar Jee

You don't ever need more money than you have.

Responsibility is powerful when thought of in its positive sense. It is the ability to choose our responses.

Absolute focus is the key to all great human achievement. Its opposite, preoccupation, is the enemy of all achievement.

everything is handled right now on the spot.

You can get anything you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want. Zig Ziglar

Motivation requires a calm, centered leader who is focused on one thing, and only one thing.

The hands-off manager is a different kind of visionary. The hands-off manager's vision is not a vision for what the company will be in 10 years. It's a vision that sees into the potential of his people right here and now. Your success as a hands-off manager will be directly related to your ever-increasing ability to see more in your people than they're seeing in themselves. The next step is inviting them to your vision of them.

I am glad you make a fresh beginning daily; there is no better means of attaining… than by continually beginning again.