Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible.
Only those who have learned the power of sincere and selfless contribution experience life's deepest joy: true fulfillment.
It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.
Beliefs have the power to create and the power to destroy. Human beings have the awesome ability to take any experience of their lives and create a meaning that disempowers them or one that can literally save their lives.
It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you're in control of your life. If you don't, life controls you.
There's always a way - if you're committed.
Life is found in the dance between your deepest desire and your greatest fear.
You see, it's never the environment; it's never the events of our lives, but the meaning we attach to the events - how we interpret them - that shapes who we are today and who we'll become tomorrow.
In life you need either inspiration or desperation.
The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.
My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.
What we can or cannot do, what we consider possible or impossible, is rarely a function of our true capability. It is more likely a function of our beliefs about who we are.
How am I going to live today in order to create the tomorrow I'm committed to?
Take control of your consistent emotions and begin to consciously and deliberately reshape your daily experience of life.
Progress is the ultimate motivation.
The defining factor [for success] is never resources; it’s resourcefulness.
I believe that life supports what supports more of life. In other words, motivation does matter. If you're just trying to take care of yourself, you're part of life and I believe life steps in and gives you a certain level of insight.
Lack of emotion causes lack of progress and lack of motivation.
I'm both challenged and excited. My excitement is: I get a chance to give something back. My challenge is: The shortest seminar I usually do is 50 hours.
There is always a place in the world for those who are willing to give of their time, energy, capital, creativity, and commitment.
We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.
Change is never a matter of ability, it's always a matter of motivation.
I hated motivators - never been a motivator. Motivation is like a warm bath, and you should take a bath probably, but you need more than that; you need strategy. I was a strategist, but nobody responded to that, so I was, like, "OK, what am I? I'm a coach. I'm not a guru." As an athlete, I had great coaches, and I was a better athlete than many of them, but they still were better than I was as a coach because they could see when I couldn't see. I thought, that's great, because I'm not better than anybody, but I do have the skills that I can help people.
If we get total certainty, we get … bored out of our minds. So, God, in Her infinite wisdom, gave us a second human need, which is uncertainty. We need variety. We need surprise.
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