Quotes About Success

It's funny. My own mother was a housewife all her life. And yet it's turned out that I've hired a lot of women for top jobs, and they've been among my best people. Often, in fact, they are far more effective than the men around them.

They think that successful diplomacy requires years of experience and an understanding of all the nuances that have to be carefully considered before reaching a conclusion. Only then do these pinstriped bureaucrats consider taking action.

Have you ever made money from your great idea?

If you ever have the chance to hear his "Think Big" talk, grab the opportunity.

Do what others are not doing, and you'll increase your profits tremendously. Go for preforeclosures. These are the true diamonds in the rough of residential investment real estate.

El sacrificio es el precio que se tiene que pagar para alcanzar el éxito. Por desgracia, no todo mundo está dispuesto a hacerlo porque, en general, resulta mucho más sencillo ser una persona común y corriente, y conservar la comodidad, tranquilidad y relativa seguridad de una vida mediocre.

points worth repeating if you are intent on big success:

If you work hard, stay focused, and never give up, you will eventually get what you want in life.

Of his new book, Don says: "It might be the greatest book ever written. I don't think anybody is going to read a book again after they read my new one. I think God is proud of me. I am going to make a killing off this thing and I'm going to use the money to go to space.

Here is nearly every story you see or hear in a nutshell: A CHARACTER who wants something encounters a PROBLEM before they can get it. At the peak of their despair, a GUIDE steps into their lives, gives them a PLAN, and CALLS THEM TO ACTION. That action helps them avoid FAILURE and ends in a SUCCESS.

Author Toni Morrison swats aside other possible sources of her success and says that the ONLY reason she is a great writer is because when she walked into a room as a child her father's face lit up.

It isn't about what you don't get done; it's about what you do get done.

What if some of the most successful people in the world got that way because their success was fueled by a misappropriated need for love? What if the people we consider to be great are actually the most broken? And what if the whole time they're seeking applause they are missing out on true intimacy because they've never learned how to receive it?

In business, if we don't communicate clearly, we shrink.

What's the most important thing you can do today? If you can answer that question, morning after morning, you are in an elite group of professionals.

we released a free PDF called "5 Things Your Website Should Include," and thousands of people downloaded it. At the back of the PDF we placed an ad for our StoryBrand Marketing Workshop. In the next twelve months, we doubled revenue without spending a dollar on marketing.

the owner of a dog boarding company interested in growing her business

The day you stop losing sleep about your own success and start losing sleep over your customers' success is the day your business will start growing again.

That's the discipline it takes to be successful. James Taylor sings the same song over and over again because ultimately he's a servant of the people. He's a brilliant artist, but he's also a professional, and professionals do what it takes to please their customers, pay the bills, and grow their brand.

you start talking about the problems your customers face.

A CHARACTER who wants something encounters a PROBLEM before they can get it. At the peak of their despair, a GUIDE steps into their lives, gives them a PLAN, and CALLS THEM TO ACTION. That action helps them avoid FAILURE and ends in a SUCCESS.

What Value Will Your Customer Receive if They Do Business With You?

Story in a Nutshell Here is nearly every story you see or hear in a nutshell: A CHARACTER who wants something encounters a PROBLEM before they can get it. At the peak of their despair, a GUIDE steps into their lives, gives them a PLAN, and CALLS THEM TO ACTION. That action helps them avoid FAILURE and ends in a SUCCESS.

Help your customer win at all costs.