Today's Quote - February 24, 2010

"At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you."

—Jim Rohn

Today's Quote - February 20, 2010

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.

-Helen Keller

Hard Work!!!!!!

I often use this blog to talk about the importance of goal setting and developing a plan and although these are critical components to success, they need to be supported by a foundation of solid effort. The key to achieving goals is taking action, sometimes massive action, executed in an intelligent, well thought out manner.
Often, people can give up, perhaps when they are closer to reaching their goal than they even know!
I wanted to share with you a couple of quotes that really demonstrate the importance of effort, or hard work:

“If I work on a certain move constantly, then finally, it doesn’t seem risky to me. The idea is that the move stays dangerous and it looks dangerous to my foes, but it is not to me. Hard work has made it easy.” —Nadia Comaneci

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” —Stephen King

“Hard work often leads to success. No work seldom does.” —Harvey Mackay

Ensure that solid effort executed in a manner consistent with your goals is part of your plan each and every day!

Today's Quote - February 5, 2010

"If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them."

Henry David Thoreau

Chris Widener on Excellence

“Excellence is the gradual result of always striving to do better.” —Pat Riley

Chris’s Commentary:The best way to ensure that you will one day reach your goal of excellence in work and life is to make sure that you are day by day continuing to learn, grow and improve yourself. I once heard Zig Ziglar say that he has read for three hours a day for 25 years.

The point is that he has taken control of his mind and his learning and it has transformed his life, his work, his family and his income. What about you? What can you do to improve yourself each and every day? The idea of continual self-improvement must be one that you diligently take by decision.

You must decide that every day will see the successful completion of self-growth. While you may not be able to read for three hours a day, certainly you can do so for 15 minutes. And in what ways can you improve your skills? Look each day for a way to do what you do better, faster or smarter.

Action Point:Starting today, make some improvement in your life each day for the next seven days. By then, you will see it forming into a habit!

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