Quotes About Aspiration

When I first left Iran at the age of 13, Iran had become such a shining star - it was the point to which all my desires and dreams returned.

We should see big dreams because it will encourage us to achieve.

It is always more convenient to dream of what might be.

We live in an aspiration-driven culture that is rooted in instant gratification. We find it difficult to enact or even accept incremental progress.

In contrast, you can't achieve an aspiration or outcome at any given moment. You cannot suddenly get better sleep. You cannot lose twelve pounds at dinner tonight. You can only achieve aspirations and outcomes over time if you execute the right specific behaviors.

Shifting identity helps you consider other new habits you might not have thought of doing that will move you closer to your aspiration.

Many different behaviors can lead to your aspiration

In contrast, you can't achieve an aspiration or outcome at any given moment.

A Golden Behavior has three criteria. The behavior is effective in realizing your aspiration (impact) You want to do the behavior (motivation) You can do the behavior (ability)

We live in an aspiration-driven culture that is rooted in instant gratification.

We live in an aspiration-driven culture that is rooted in instant gratification. We find it difficult to enact or even accept incremental progress. Which is exactly what you need to cultivate meaningful long-term change.

She knows now that she can do almost anything she wants to—as long as she starts small.

Write your aspiration inside the cloudlike shape shown in the graphic. Then start filling in the boxes with specific behaviors.

The purpose of a Focus Map is to match yourself with easy behaviors that you want to do and that are effective in getting you to your aspiration.

People use the word "goal" when they are talking about aspirations or outcomes. If someone says "goal," you can't be sure what they are talking about since the word is ambiguous. For that reason, "goal" is not part of the vocabulary in Behavior Design. Use either "aspiration" or "outcome" for precision.

Steps in Behavior Design Step 1: Clarify the Aspiration Step 2: Explore Behavior Options Step 3: Match with Specific Behaviors

Will it help you do what you already want to do? Will it help you feel successful? The answers to those questions is freeing because if the change program doesn't satisfy these two requirements, it's not worth your time.

People often believe that motivating themselves toward an aspiration will lead to lasting change. So people focus on aspirations. And they focus on motivation. And that combo doesn't produce results.

If thou shalt aspire after the glorious acts of men, thy working shall be accompanied with compunction and strife, and thy remembrance followed with distaste and upbraidings; and justly doth it come to pass towards thee, O man, that since thou, which art God's work, doest him no reason in yielding him well-pleasing service, even thine own works also should reward thee with the like fruit of bitterness.

Hearing teams like Rangers are interested in you, you intend to give that little bit extra to show that obviously you can play and score goals.

There's no reason the Rangers can't get to the top.

I can earn a great deal more money by playing football outside Scotland than I could in Scotland, but I'd still like to be player-manager of Rangers one day.

I wanted to be an aeronautical engineer. But I didn't get a good rank, so I got civil engineering.

My long-term goal is to get as high as possible in the rankings, and to improve my game each day. If I am able to do that, my ranking should get better and better.