Success Quotes

The commitment to goal setting has been the number one reason for the success of the top people. You need a goal that is realistic, but challenging. Take your highest income year to date and increase that amount by 25 to 50 percent. [2004] - Brian Tracy

Keep your desk clean. You should only have one thing on your desk at a time. People who work from a clean desk are two or three times as productive as those who work from a cluttered desk. When you work from a clean desk, you can focus and concentrate on one thing at a time. [2004] - Brian Tracy

There are three kinds of assets: physical, financial, and human. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 1. Be proactive. 2. Begin with the end in mind. 3. Put first things first. 4. Think win/win. 5. Seek first to understand, then to be understood. 6. Synergize. 7. Sharpen the saw. The three private victory habits (freedom to choose, choice, action) precede the three public victory habits (respect, understanding, creation) and then there is one to renew the rest and that equals seven. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

Highly proactive people recognize responsibility. They do not blame circumstances, conditions, or conditioning for their behavior. No one can hurt you without your consent. The most proactive thing we can do is to be happy, just to genuinely smile. Happiness, like unhappiness, is a proactive choice. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves. Rather than focusing on things and time, focus on preserving and enhancing relationships and on accomplishing results. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

You have to decide what your highest priorities are and have the courage--pleasantly, smilingly, nonapologetically--to say "no" to other things. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

You simply can't think efficiency with people. You think effectiveness with people and efficiency with things. If we delegate to time, we think efficiency. If we delegate to other people, we think effectiveness. Gofer delegation means "Go for this, go for that, do this, do that, and tell me when it's done." Stewardship delegation is focused on results instead of methods. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

Honesty is telling the truth--in other words, conforming our words to reality. Integrity is conforming reality to our words--in other words, keeping promises and fulfilling expectations. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

Sincere apologies make deposits; repeated apologies interpreted as insincere make withdrawals. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

Synergy means that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. It means that the relationship which the parts have to each other is a part in and of itself. It is not only a part, but the most catalytic, the most empowering, the most unifying, and the most exciting part. The combination of the high Emotional Bank Account, thinking Win/Win, and seeking first to understand creates the ideal environment for synergy. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

Valuing the differences is the essence of synergy--the mental, the emotional, the psychological differences between people. And the key to valuing those differences is to realize that all people see the world, not as it is, but as they are. When someone disagrees with you, you can say, "Good! You see it differently." You don't have to agree with them; you can simply affirm them. And you seek to understand. When you see only two alternatives--yours and the "wrong" one--you can look for a synergistic third alternative. There's almost always a third alternative, and if you work with a Win/Win philosophy and really seek to understand, you usually can find a solution that will be better for everyone concerned. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

Be a good animal (physical), a good craftsman (mental), a good friend (social), and a saint (spiritual). [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

There is a gap or a space between stimulus and response, and that the key to both our growth and happiness is how we use that space. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

Three basic rules for raising children: first, example; second, build a caring and affirming relationship; and third, teach some of the simple ideas underlying the habits in the language of children. [2004] - Stephen R. Covey

The word leverage simply means the ability to do more with less. [2002] - Robert T. Kiyosaki

Networks are people, businesses, or organizations that you are generous with because you support them and they support you. Networks are powerful forms of leverage. [2002] - Robert T. Kiyosaki

Find a friend or loved one who wants to go on the journey with you. Be sure to have friends who demand more of you rather than tell you why you cannot do what you want to do. Choosing the right friends or life partner is very important to a successful life. [2002] - Robert T. Kiyosaki

If you want to get rich quickly, one of the best ways to get rich is at the point where a trend changes. If you want to get rich quickly and stay rich forever, you must be aware of trends and have three different strategies for three different trends. [2002] - Robert T. Kiyosaki

When you dare to try, you practice. And through practice, you develop ability. [2001] - Dolf de Roos