Quotes from Brendon Burchard

What makes us really, truly successful over the long term has a ton to do with our social interactions and the influence we do or don't have with other people.

I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe they can learn something from everybody. I call them 'mavericks with mentors.' Richard Branson, for instance, is a total maverick but he surrounds himself with incredibly successful, smart people and he listens to them.

Remember: when you knock on the door of Opportunity, it is Work who answers!

People are remarkably bad at remembering long lists of goals. I learned this at a professional level when trying to get my high-performance coaching clients to stay on track; the longer their lists of to-dos and goals, the more overwhelmed and off-track they got. Clarity comes with simplicity.

People are influenced most by those they trust, admire and believe care for them.

Business coaching and the personal development and self-help industry is considered to be one of the booming industries today.

Figure out what questions you'd ask to see if you were happy with your life. Then wake up every day and live intentionally, so you're happy with the answers at the end.

My dad lived a good life. He was a simple guy. His family had been poor, and he joined the Marines to be able to send money home to his mom and dad and brothers and sisters. He genuinely had the intention to live a good life and to respect other people.

Your ambitions - don't limit them. Where do you want to go, and what would be required of you to grow into that? Put yourself together a plan, and develop the skills to get there.

The top experts in the world are ardent students. The day you stop learning, you're definitely not an expert.

The time you want the map... is before you enter the woods

At the end of our lives we all ask, did i live? Did i love? Did i matter?

Research the leaders in fields related to yours, synthesize their findings, and see how you can apply their hard-won wisdom to your work. Stand on their shoulders, and then make a leap into new territory that is distinctly yours.

Challenge is the pathway to engagement and progress in our lives. But not all challenges are created equal. Some challenges make us feel alive, engaged, connected, and fulfilled. Others simply overwhelm us. Knowing the difference as you set bigger and bolder challenges for yourself is critical to your sanity, success, and satisfaction.

To inspire a singularity of focus, a challenge must be important to you and it must be something you feel you should do now in this moment. If it's trivial or not time-bound, you won't engage. So in selecting your next challenge in life, choose one that is meaningful and will demand your complete concentration.

The simple fact that you care, that you want to do your best, that you strive to enjoy life and love, this makes you so much more than enough.

I have to laugh when I receive newsletters from major personalities and when you hit reply, you get a 'do-not-reply' address. It's ridiculous! Don't you want your customers to reply to you?

We should not seek to tune out the realists' whines or taunts, as they may provide good instruction.

In your life, where are you not making mistakes? Sometimes if there's no mess, there's no change happening.

People think, 'If I could only get motivated, then I'll act.' Nope. In actuality, it's the opposite.

Everything boils down to motivation.

For an entrepreneur, motivation is the core of all things.

If you create incredible value and information for others that can change their lives - and you always stay focused on that service - the financial success will follow.

When you knock on the door of opportunity, do not be surprised that it is Work who will answer.