The following are a number of quotes that I have collected over the last few years. When known I have sited the person who provided the quote and when I cannot remember who said the quote I have stated “unknown”.
I hope that you find these quotes useful in your day to day life.
Unknown
Please remember to focus on what you do have and that you can do and not on what you do not have and cannot do. This will give you an optimistic mind set as you do not want to be an expert at being pessimistic and at making excuses and saying no. No one wants to be near a negative person
Jim Carrey
I learned that you can fail at what you don’t love, so you might as well do what you love.
Ray Dalio
To be successful – know what the best decision is to make and to have the courage to do it.
For the decisions – have the humility and courage to seek out people or information and to not only follow your own opinion.
Pick the best opinions and understand their reasoning – ask good questions – ask why – do not start with an opinion and then only look at information that fits it.
Unknown
You already are what you want to be.
You want to be rich, then you are rich. So, do what rich people do.
You want to be a writer, then you are a writer. Do what writers do which is to write
You want to be strong, then you are strong. Do what strong people do, do press ups and kettle bell swings.
Tim Ferriss
How to rank opportunities or invites – Rank it from 1 to 10 but you cannot use the number 7
6 is a failing grade so is a no
8 is I am excited so a maybe
9 or 10 is a hell yeah
Unknown
Humility (vulnerability) –
Listen to others
Listening helps you to learn
Be humble but do not lack confidence
“I am an old man and I have known a great many troubles, but most of them never happened.”—Mark Twain
“He who suffers before it is necessary suffers more than is necessary.” Seneca
Parenting advice (I believe I heard it on a Tim Ferriss podcast)
Your kids do not owe you anything as it was your choice to have kids
Teach your kids to be optimistic
Do not put limitations in front of your kids, especially what you think are your own limitations.
Say yes to your kids, they come first no matter what you are doing. Yes, we can play football after work etc
Unknown
Value yourself first. You are the only one who can truly appreciate you. Others opinions and views of you are nice but not everything. Say thank you for their view and move on. You are very valuable and mega fantastic
Unknown
There are 3 options in life – Change, Accept or Leave
4th choice of complain only makes you stressed and miserable
So say I accept
Be more present in the moment. Not thinking about problems that may never happen. Think of the positives that you are working towards making happen
Successful International Project Management 