Life without dreams is like a bird with a broken wing - it can't fly.Collection: Dreams
Constantine 'Costa' Gratsos had made his fortune as a lifelong associate of shipping icon Aristotle Onassis. He took a liking to me, became my first mentor, and showed me how to swim in the deep, dangerous waters of business.Collection: Business
The truth is, I almost always did accomplish what I said I would - in the face of overwhelming obstacles!Collection: Truth
Remarkably successful people habitually do what other people won't do. They go where others won't go because there's a lot less competition and a much greater chance for success.Collection: Chance
Fear of failure is caused by lack of self-esteem and confidence. Dealing with fear is the key to super success.Collection: Failure
Good lawyers win so-so lawsuits. Great lawyers can win lawsuits in which you have little or no chance to win.Collection: Chance
If you want to make more money, you'll have to do things differently. You will have to do things you never even thought of doing in the past. You will have to do things out of your comfort zone.Collection: Money
A famous man once said, 'A sure formula for failure is to try and please everyone.' Some might say I built a career on doing just the opposite of pleasing everyone.Collection: Famous
All you need is the desire, passion, and will to fulfil your dreams!Collection: Dreams
Jim Newman, the business visionary who created the term 'comfort zone,' showed me how to expand my horizons. Thanks to Jim, after I attended one of his PACE Seminars in 1978; I moved out of my comfort zone at Bear Stearns and became a super successful oilman.Collection: Business
The truth is, successful people are not ten times smarter than you. They don't really work ten times harder than you. So why are they successful? Because their dreams are so much bigger than yours!Collection: Dreams
The road to success is always under construction... there are lots of pot holes but no traffic jams.Collection: Success
I may be wrong, but I am never in doubt! And anyone who has been around me for even a minute understands that my self-confidence and self-esteem is sometimes overwhelming!
Don't set time limits for achieving goals. They should transcend time.
We must all remember life doesn't have to be fair for us to succeed if we take change and become masters and creators of our own destiny.
Year-end goals are terrific! Affirmations with goals are even better! And goals, affirmations, along with visualization is even more effective!
Super-success is not for everyone, and you will endure weeks and months and years of hard work, obstacles, failures, victories, pain, and any manner of 'negative' experiences to reap the rewards of success, drink from the golden goblet, own the brass ring.
QLA is not about filling your brain with information - it is starting a fire within your heart and soul!
The best form of customer service is self service. Constantly empower customers to get their own answers themselves.
When I volunteered for the draft as a 20-year-old, mischievous guy at the height of the Vietnam War, most thought I was destined to pass from this earth early!
Once you learn to make money, it is not that hard... what's hard is to stay excited about it.
Jerry Ormand was already a legendary Texas oilman when I met him. Yet he took the time to introduce me to the fine points of the oil business and how to survive and prosper amid the chaos of a rough-and-tumble industry.
High performance people take action quickly and change their mind slowly!
Entrepreneurship is enduring pain for a long time without relinquishing.
I have said many times: We have self-esteem or don't, based on how we were raised! Self-esteem is normally produced in your first 7-8 years of life.
My time is much too precious to be wasted on people who merely want to talk about being a high performance person and can't or won't take action!
You have to have faith in people.
Progress often masquerades as trouble.
It is extremely gratifying to see success like exhibited by the founders of Instagram!
We cannot change the past, only recover from it. And perhaps learn its cruel lessons.
When I came back from the military and completed a 4-year degree in 2 1/2 years, I developed the extraordinary habits needed to get a lot done in a very short period of time!
I can work 5-10 hrs. straight with no problem, though I do take towards the end of a 6-8 hr. work stint some time out to beat myself severely in the gym with weights/aerobics, including intervals!
I have written and said countless times it is not what happens to you in life that makes a difference! It is how we react to what happens to us in life that creates our history and - more importantly - our future!
Next time, you question what you are doing - ask yourself? What could I do more? In most cases, extra time will be the greatest leverage you can apply!
High-performance people have larger, more expanded comfort zones than most!
My candor has gotten me in a lot of trouble over the years!
People want to be led by strong leaders, and good leaders are constant students.
I know what it's like to have a house repossessed... I've been there.
You would think that American educators would want our kids, especially our kids from poorer families, to hear what top-rated Oxford students hear. But you'd be wrong. American schools now hide their students from ideas like mine if they don't approve of the man or the message.
We're all self-made, but only successful people admit it.
There's no seminar in the world that will give you multi million-dollar advice on building a business from scratch!
Our lives are a series of lowered expectations year after year. We got pounded by everything around us. Just like our parents and their parents. We are products of our social and economic milieu.
I, like Don Quixote, have fought many a windmill.
Virtually all big law firms have good to super-good lawyers. All big law firms don't have great litigators.
The Internet is a giant 'lab experiment' for corporate America, and those companies that recognise this and play well within the rules of ambiguity and fluidity will survive and win.
Good leaders make sense of change in the world... then imparts that insight to the team.
You will definitely encounter lots of resistance on the road to super success, but don't let others stop you from reaching your goals.
I coach my mentees to act as if they are invincible - to act as if they could accomplish anything!
People regularly practice playing a sport like golf or basketball - but few people think about 'practicing being successful.' I had practiced meeting the Queen of England - what I would wear, how I would stand, the handshake - so when I did meet her, I was comfortable - for I had practiced the moment for years.
The world is full of people who want their ears tickled on strategies for wealth creation and protection and so-called revealed secrets to wealth creation. And there are plenty of slick 'business coaches' who are more than willing to do just that - for a fee. This is the world of the seminar guru.