Quotes About Progress

So chalk up one plus for Nordic weather: It helped you get where you were going a whole lot faster.

If man could apply half the ingenuity he's exhibited in the creation of weapons to more sensible ends, there's no limit to what he might yet accomplish

24 YOU CAN'T CHANGE ANYTHING IF YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR MIND.

He had downloaded his content and uninserted his floppy;

Life is about family and technology.

Human beings invent just as many ways to sabotage their lives as to improve them.

What Got You Here Won't Get You There.

Life is a series of steps into the unknown.

While the simple act of naming the emotions you feel at each stage in a crisis is part of the solution, it's just the first step.

Transtheoretical Model of Change

The secret of getting ahead is getting started. —AGATHA CHRISTIE, MYSTERY AUTHOR

Move a person from hostility to mild confusion and already you've moved one step in the right direction.

Stage 2 At this point, you're dealing with someone who's no longer striking out wildly but is still venting—better, but still a problem. So your next goal is to move the person from the emotional middle (mammal) brain up into the rational upper (human) brain.

Next time you have a quiet moment, ask yourself this question: "What's holding you back from accomplishing your goals, and how frustrating is that for you?

you're not trying to solve the problem that's on the table right now (a kid who's violating curfew, a coworker who's missing deadlines, etc.). Instead, you're shifting people to a place where they can solve the problem—and the next one that comes up, and the one after that.

Rehabilitation: Demonstrate through your actions that you've learned your lesson.

Move on in your life. If you create a more fulfilling future, you will find it easier to forget the past.

Most breakdowns lead to breakthroughs.

Picturing the good things that will happen if you act more constructively can serve as an incentive to change.

Things do not change; we change. Henry David Thoreau

That's it, just two quick questions: "What's something that would be impossible?" and, "What would make it possible?" What's so powerful about those two questions? They move a person from a defensive, closed position or a selfish, excuse-making stance into an open, thinking attitude. And they make the person picture your vision as a reality and cooperate in thinking strategically about reaching that reality.

But what happens if we look back for support and don't get it? We become less confident about stepping into the unknown. We succeed less and fail more. We move two steps forward and three steps back.

If you have a setback, instead of beating yourself to death for making a mistake, convert your self-contempt into self-determination. Ask yourself what you would do if you could do it over again. Develop a plan of action for the next time the situation arises.

All persuasion moves through the steps of this cycle. To take people from the beginning to the end of the Persuasion Cycle, you need to speak with them in a manner that moves them: From resisting to listening From listening to considering From considering to willing to do From willing to do to doing From doing to glad they did and continuing to do