Quotes from Jeff Olson

We are all either building our own dreams or building somebody else's. To put a sharper point on it, we're either building our own dreams - or building our nightmares.

About having faith in the process of simple, positive actions repeated over time—the faith that miracles do happen, if you know when to trust the process and keep churning the cream.

Serving as your own boss, and doing so successfully, consistently, day in and day out, takes an uncommon degree of slight edge integrity, and frankly many business owners just don't have it.

I could not change my past but that I could rebuild a new future by taking just a small step every day in the right direction,

There is one quality which one must possess to win, and that is the definiteness of purpose,

All you have to do is keep doing the things that got you this far. Which is exactly what 99.9 percent of people don't do.

the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it." —Napoleon Hill, Think and Grow Rich

What do most people do? When there's a tree in the way they grab that axe, dull or not, and start whaling away at it. And if they

Impossible just takes a little longer.

The answer is as simple as it is sad: somewhere along the way, you lost faith. You became too grown-up to take baby steps, too sure you would never succeed to let yourself fail a few times first. You gave up on the universal truth that simple little disciplines, done again and again over time, would move the biggest mountains. You forgot what you used to know about the slight edge.

It's just a matter of mastering the mundane—of repeating simple little disciplines that, done consistently over time, will add up to the very biggest accomplishments.

attitude—our positive outlook on life—the key factor for us living long and productive lives.

Greatness is always in the moment of the decision.

The power of momentum: steady wins the race. The power of completion: clear out your undones and incompletes. The power of reflection: facing the man or woman in the mirror. The power of celebration: catch yourself doing something right.

Sow an act, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny." —Charles Reade

Sow an act, reap a habit. Sow a habit, reap a character. Sow a character, reap a destiny.

No success is immediate, no collapse is sudden. They are both the result of the slight edge accruing momentum over time.

Hoping for "the big break"—the breakthrough, the magic bullet—is not only futile, it's dangerous, because it keeps you from taking the actions you need to create the results you want.

A single thoughtful, committed person can change the world. We are all having a ripple effect on others; the question is, what kind of ripple effect, negative or positive, do we want to have?

The things that create success in the long run don't look like they're having any impact at all in the short run.

Every decision you make is a slight edge decision. What you're going to do, how you're going to act, what you're going to read, who you're going to chat with on the phone, what you're going to eat for lunch, who you're going to associate with. How you're going to treat your fellow workers. What you're going to get done today.

The next time someone says "This sounds great, but I just don't have the TIME..." Look them straight in the eye, smile warmly, and ask, "Would you like to change that?"

Successful people form habits that feed their success, instead of habits that feed their failure.

You can gauge the limitations of a person's life by the size of the problems that get him or her down. You can measure the impact a person's life has by the size of the problems he or she solves.