Quotes About Achievement

There are no statues erected to critics.

when you're very competitive, you get good at the thing you're competing with people on. But it comes at the expense of losing out on many other things.

There is a way to get the rewards for a life of hard work without waiting until the end.

It's lonely at the top. Ninety-nine percent of people in the world are convinced they are incapable of achieving great things, so they aim for the mediocre. The level of competition is thus fiercest for "realistic" goals, paradoxically making them the most time- and energy-consuming. It is easier to raise $1,000,000 than it is $100,000. It is easier to pick up the one perfect 10 in the bar than the five 8s.

estás a punto de hacer historia.»

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1,000,000 in the bank isn't the fantasy. The fantasy is the lifestyle of complete freedom it supposedly allows. The question is then, How can one achieve the millionaire lifestyle of complete freedom without first having $1,000,000?

Over the ensuing days, however, I realized that everyone seemed to be discussing how to build large and successful companies, sell out, and live the good life. Fair enough. The question no one really seemed to be asking or answering was, Why do it all in the first place? What is the pot of gold that justifies spending the best years of your life hoping for happiness in the last?

Derek Parfit, quien lleva toda su vida en la institución All Souls College

My suggestion is, whenever possible, ask yourself: What's the smallest possible footprint I can get away with? What is the smallest possible project that is worth my time? What is the smallest group of people who I could make a difference for, or to? Because smallest is achievable. Smallest feels risky. Because if you pick smallest and you fail, now you've really screwed up.

Quizá la acción no traiga siempre consigo la felicidad, pero no hay felicidad sin acción.»

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All you do is you pick a goal and you write it down 15 times a day in some specific sentence form, like 'I, Scott Adams, will become an astronaut,' for example. And you do that every day.

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success." —James Cameron "If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn't plan your mission properly." —Colonel David Hackworth

The second strategy is fairly easy. Everyone has at least a few areas in which they could be in the top 25% with some effort. In my case, I can draw better than most people, but I'm hardly an artist. And I'm not any funnier than the average standup comedian who never makes it big, but I'm funnier than most people. The magic is that few people can draw well and write jokes. It's the combination of the two that makes what I do so rare.

Dr. B. J. Fogg, founder of the Persuasive Technology Lab at Stanford University, wrote his graduate dissertation with a far less aggressive commitment. Even if he came home from a party at 3:00 A.M., he had to write one sentence per day. He finished in record time while classmates languished for years, overwhelmed by the enormity of the task. Understanding this

Christopher Sommer Tótem: Halcón «Si los mejores del mundo se parten el culo para hacerse fuertes, ¿por qué no lo haces tú?» Christopher Sommer (IG/FB: @GymnasticBodies, gymnasticbodies.com) fue entrenador del Equipo Nacional de Gimnasia Artística de Estados Unidos y es fundador del sistema de entrenamiento GymnasticBodies

Tell to Win: Connect, Persuade, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story, which was an instant #1 New York Times bestseller.

La tercera cosa es que cuando intentas hacer algo diez veces más grande, en lugar de un 10 por ciento mayor, no suele resultarte cien veces más difícil, pero la recompensa sí es cien veces mayor.»

10 por ciento mayor, no suele resultarte cien veces más difícil, pero la recompensa sí es cien veces mayor.»

Most of history was built by young people. They just got credit when they were older.

Si dejas que el aprendizaje te lleve a la acción, te haces rico».

There is just less competition for bigger goals. Doing big things begins with asking for them properly.

Radz? sobie z odrzuceniem przez wytrwa?e d??enie, a nie przez poszukiwanie mo?liwo?ci gdzie indziej. Moja maksyma to s?owa Samuela Becketta, mojego osobistego idola: »Nieustannie próbuj. Nieustannie przegrywaj. To niewa?ne. Próbuj jeszcze raz. I jeszcze raz przegrywaj. Ale lepiej«. To nie do wiary, ile mo?na osi?gn??, d???c do niemo?liwego z odwag?, ponosz?c pora?ki, ale coraz mniejsze.