What You Become

Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing or learning to do. – Pelé Success is no accident, nor is what creates the grit and perseverance required to create success. You must fall in love with what’s required to achieve your…

Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough. – Og Mandino Of course you can never fail, because every action produces a result (even if only to teach you a difficult lesson). When your determination to succeed is strong enough whatever happens – good or bad – is just part of the…

Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get to work. – Chuck Close If you wait to “be inspired,” you will likely end up waiting a good long while. Instead, get to work, get in motion and make your own inspiration. Create it. Do you need to choose carefully, doing…

Cultivate the habit of being grateful for every good thing that comes to you, and to give thanks continuously. And because all things have contributed to your advancement, you should include all things in your gratitude. – Emerson On the heels of yesterday’s post, let me ask: What are you rejecting? What do you wish…

There are three places you can be stuck:* the past, the present and the future. If you’re stuck in the present, then coaching can help you. If you’re stuck in the past or the future, you need something else. “Stuckness” in the present is easy to fix (relatively speaking . . . ). Generally, getting…

Success is not to be pursued; it is to be attracted by the person we become. – Jim Rohn Trying to be “successful” is like trying be at your destination while on the journey. You can’t be anywhere other than where you are. You don’t get to successful, you do the things that create success. And…