Quotes from Jeff Olson

Everything is always in motion. Every day, every moment, your life path is either curving upward, or curving downward. Growing up we heard five times as many nos as yeses. Life has a downward pull. People on the success curve live in responsibility. People on the failure curve live in blame. People on the success curve are pulled by the future. People on the failure curve are pulled by the past. No matter where you are, at any moment you can choose to step onto the success curve.

In the process of learning to walk, did you spend more time falling down or standing up? If you were anything like most babies, you failed (fell) far more than you succeeded (walked). It didn't matter: you were on the path of mastery.

The predominant state of mind displayed by those people on the failure curve is blame. The predominant state of mind displayed by those people on the success curve is responsibility.

Do the thing, and you shall have the power." —Ralph Waldo Emerson Essay on Compensation

Your income tends to equal the average income of your five best friends,

never doubt that a single thoughtful, committed person can change the world.

Remember: success does not lead to happiness—it's the other way around.

If you've ever been told, "You'll get it if you just want it bad enough," I'm here to let you off the hook: it simply isn't true.

it is just as easy to step back into the habit of succeeding as it is to slip into the habit of failing.

It's never too late to start. It's always too late to wait.

Shawn Achor's five happy habits: Every morning write down three new things you're grateful for. Journal for two minutes a day about a positive experience from the past 24 hours. Meditate daily for a few minutes. At the start of every day, write an email to someone praising or thanking them. Get fifteen minutes of simple cardio exercise a day.

Because what you need to transform your life is not more information.

two critical areas of life, everyday happiness and long-term impact,

There are three simple, essential steps to achieving a goal: Write it down: give it a what (clear description) and a when (timeline). Look at it every day: keep it in your face; soak your subconscious in it. Start with a plan: make the plan simple. The point of the plan is not that it will get you there, but that it will get you started. 17.

If you don't have money handled, you don't live free.

There are three simple, essential steps to achieving a goal: Write it down: give it a what (clear description) and a when (timeline). Look at it every day: keep it in your face; soak your subconscious in it. Start with a plan: make the plan simple. The point of the plan is not that it will get you there, but that it will get you started.

You are either going for your dreams or giving up your dreams. Stretching for what you could be, or settling for what you are.

The 95 percent on the failure curve tend to accept the heroes society plants in front of them: film stars (America's version of royalty), rock stars, sports stars.

Emotions change like the wind, and you can't stop them. No one can. They keep moving; that's why they're called emotions and not e-standingstills.

The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step." —Chinese proverb I

The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be." —Ralph Waldo Emerson

You are either improving or diminishing in personal and professional value.

One last thing about past and future—and I have saved the best for last. You can't change the past. You can change the future. Would you rather be influenced by something you can't change, or by something you can?

Rome ne s'est pas faite en un jour. (Rome wasn't built in a day.)" —ancient French proverb