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21 " The problem with popular thinking is that it doesn’t require you to think at all.” —Kevin Myers "
― John C. Maxwell , How Successful People Think: Change Your Thinking, Change Your Life
22 " We must stop assuming that a thing which has never been done before probably cannot be done at all.” —Donald M. Nelson "
23 " greatest enemy to tomorrow’s success is sometimes today’s success. "
24 " Your life today is a result of your thinking yesterday. Your life tomorrow will be determined by what you think today. "
25 " you can act your way into feeling long before you can feel your way into action. If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it. "
26 " Mark Twain said, “We should be careful to get out of an experience all the wisdom that is in it—not like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit down on a hot stove lid again—and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. "
27 " The Right Thought plus the Right People in the Right Environment at the Right Time for the Right Reason = the Right Result "
28 " The younger you are, the more likely you will give your attention to many things. That’s good because if you’re young you’re still getting to know yourself, your strengths and weaknesses. If you focus your thinking on only one thing and your aspirations change, then you’ve wasted your best mental energy. As you get older and more experienced, the need to focus becomes more critical. The farther and higher you go, the more focused you can be—and need to be. "
29 " Success comes to those who have an entire mountain of gold that they continually mine, not those who find one nugget and try to live on it for fifty years. To become someone who can mine a lot of gold, you need to keep repeating the process of good thinking. "
30 " Where success is concerned, people are not measured in inches, or pounds, or college degrees, or family background; they are measured by the size of their thinking.” —DAVID SCHWARTZ "
31 " You must reject common thinking if you want to accomplish uncommon results. "
32 " next time you feel ready to conform to popular thinking on an issue, stop and think. "
33 " The one with the plan is the one with the power. It doesn’t matter in what kind of activity you’re involved. Employees want to follow the business leader with a good business plan. Volunteers want to join the pastor with a good ministry plan. Children want to be with the adult who has the well-thought-out vacation plan. If you practice strategic thinking, others will listen to you and they will want to follow you. If "
34 " experience alone does not add value to a life. It’s not necessarily experience that is valuable; it’s the insight people gain because of their experience. Reflective "
35 " Nurture great thoughts, for you will never go higher than your thoughts.” —BENJAMIN DISRAELI "
36 " Successful people think differently than unsuccessful people. "
37 " La mayoría de personas emplean más tiempo planeando sus vacaciones de verano que planeando sus vidas”. "
38 " There comes a special moment in everyone’s life, a moment for which that person was born.… When he seizes it… it is his finest hour. "
39 " If you wait until you feel like doing something, you will likely never accomplish it. "
40 " Pain prompts us to face who we are and where we are. What we do with that experience defines who we become. "