Quotes About Achievement

The Magic of Thinking Big (192 pages) BY DAVID SCHWARTZ

The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Success by Achieving More with Less (288 pages) BY RICHARD KOCH

Para tener una vida de éxito que entre dentro de la media, no hace falta planificar demasiado. Basta con no meterte en problemas, seguir una formación académica y buscarte un trabajo que te pueda gustar.

And specialize—the great human achievement is to specialize as a producer of goods or services so that you can diversify as a consumer. Self-sufficiency is another word for poverty.

And when—despite your best efforts—you feel like you're losing at the game of life, remember: Even the best of the best sometimes feel this way.

She is the author of Unstoppable: My Life So Far.

Si hicieras eso mismo con tu vida profesional, tendrías que dedicar cuatro mil horas, o dos años de trabajo.

el éxito de una persona en la vida suele poder medirse por la cantidad de conversaciones incómodas

You don't "succeed" because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them. To

It sounds like generic advice, but you'd be hard-pressed to find any successful person who didn't have about three skills in the top 25%.

Si haces la cama cada mañana, cumples la primera obligación del día. Te confiere un pequeño sentimiento de orgullo y te anima a realizar otra tarea y otra y otra. Al final del día, aquella primera obligación cumplida se habrá convertido en muchas más también cumplidas. Hacer la cama también refuerza la idea de que las cosas pequeñas son importantes en la vida».

adopta el hábito más importante de quienes destacan y disfrutan con ello: actuar.

No tendría más sentido guardarse más bien lo contrario? ¿Recordar todas las veces que sí salió bien? ¿Todas las veces que asumimos un riesgo? ¿Todas las veces que logramos alegrarle a alguien el día? Cuando

Success, however you define it, is achievable if you collect the right field-tested beliefs and habits. Someone else has done your version of "success" before, and often, many have done something similar.

The superheroes you have in your mind (idols, icons, titans, billionaires, etc.) are nearly all walking flaws who've maximized 1 or 2 strengths. Humans are imperfect creatures. You don't "succeed" because you have no weaknesses; you succeed because you find your unique strengths and focus on developing habits around them.

Create two timelines—6 months and 12 months—and list up to five things you dream of having (including, but not limited to, material wants: house, car, clothing, etc.), being (be a great cook, be fluent in Chinese, etc.), and doing (visiting Thailand, tracing your roots overseas, racing ostriches, etc.) in that order.

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit."—Harry Truman

Stressed' is the achiever word for 'fear.

We discourage failure and by doing so we subtly discourage success.

Make It Count became a video about chasing what matters to you. This was the entire message and point of the campaign to begin with. Make It Count ended up being Nike's most watched video on the Internet for several years.

It doesn't take much to seem superhuman and appear "successful" to nearly everyone around you. In fact, you just need one rule: What you do is more important than how you do everything else, and doing something well does not make it important.

Here's why I think it seems to work, and there are several possibilities.

Expect small problems. Life is full of compromises, and it's necessary to let small bad things happen if you want to get huge good things done. There is no escape. Prevent all problems and get nothing done, or accept an allowable level of small problems and focus on the big things.

Jack Canfield quote, "Everything you want is on the other side of fear.