Quotes About Achievement

There is this pervasive idea that the successful person is the "disciplined person" who leads a "disciplined life." It's a lie. The truth is we don't need any more discipline than we already have.

Progress is important and is usually achieved by the person who makes the most attempts. The quality is in the quantity.

Quiénes somos y adónde queremos ir determinan lo que hacemos y lo que conseguimos.

So, if you want to get the most out of your day, do your most important work—your ONE Thing—early

Instead of forgetting your dreams and living within your means, try pursuing the means to live your dreams.

Extraordinary results are rarely happenstance. They come from the choices we make and the actions we take.

We hear about balance so much we automatically assume it's exactly what we should be seeking. It's not. Purpose, meaning, significance—these are what make a successful life. Seek them and you will most certainly live your life out of balance

Resultados extraordinários acontecem apenas quando você dá o melhor de si para tornar-se o melhor possível em sua função mais importante.

established, you can either build on that habit or, if appropriate, build another one. If you are what you repeatedly do, then achievement isn't an action you take but a habit you forge into your life. You don't have to seek out success. Harness the power of selected discipline to build the right habit, and extraordinary results will find you.

But those Woulda-Coulda-Shouldas all ran away and hid from one little Did." —Shel Silverstein

If everyone has the same number of hours in a day, why do some people seem to get so much more done than others? How do they do more, achieve more, earn more, have more? If time is the currency of achievement, then why are some able to cash in their allotment for more chips than others? The answer is they make getting to the heart of things the heart of their approach. They go small.

Getting extraordinary results is all about creating a domino effect in your life.

Don't fear big. Fear mediocrity. Fear waste. Fear the lack of living to your fullest.

The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher.

Michelangelo once said, "If the people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery, it wouldn't seem wonderful at all." His

Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it." —George Halas

Those who wrote down their goals were 39.5 percent more likely to accomplish them.

The Focusing Question helps you identify your ONE Thing in any situation. It will clarify what you want in the big areas of your life and then drill down to what you must do to get them. It's really a simple process: You ask a great question, then you seek out a great answer. As simple as two steps, it's the ultimate Success Habit.

When you make asking the Focusing Question a habit, you fully engage its power to get the extraordinary results you want.

The Focusing Question is the foundational habit I use to achieve extraordinary results and lead a big life. I use it for some things and not at all for others. I apply it to the important areas of my life: my spiritual life, physical health, personal life, key relationships, job, business, and financial life. And I address them in that order—each one is a foundation for the next.

Starting a success support group with some of your work colleagues can help inspire all of you to practice the Success Habit every day. Get your family involved. Share your ONE Thing. Get them on board. Use the Focusing Question around them to show them how the Success Habit can make a difference in their school work, their personal achievements, or any other part of their lives.

como uma parte do seu processo de aprendizagem e esforce-se para alcançar o seu verdadeiro potencial.

El secreto para salir adelante es empezar. El secreto de empezar es dividir las tareas complejas que te agobian en tareas pequeñas y manejables y entonces empezar por la primera.

What seemed an insurmountable mountain from a distance is just a small hill when you arrive—at least in proportion to the person you've become. Your thinking, your skills, your relationships, your sense of what is possible and what it takes all grow on the journey to big.