GIVE PEOPLE AN ACTION PLAN

while nobody plans to mess up their life, the problem is that few of us plan not to. That is, we don't put the necessary safeguards in place to ensure a happy ending." So

The starting point of all achievement is drive, determination, and desire.

If you want to be productive, you should try to learn to get joy from what gives the greatest return and discipline yourself to do those things.

The longest distance between two points is a shortcut." That's really true. For everything of value in life, you pay a price.

George Matthew Adams asserts, In this life, we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice. It is better to aim for something you want—even though you miss it—than to get something that you didn't aim to get, and which you don't want! If

The first definition of planning that I ever learned was this: planning is predetermining tomorrow's results today.

Success can be defined as the progressive realization of a predetermined goal.

The Pareto Principle 20 percent of your priorities will give you 80 percent of your production IF you spend your time, energy, money, and personnel on the top 20 percent of your priorities.

Perhaps we have become too analytical to take decisive action. We may be spending too much time studying our problems and not enough time solving them.

Self-discipline is a quality that is won through practice. Psychologist Joseph Mancusi noted, "Truly successful people have learned to do what does not come naturally. Real success lies in experiencing fear or aversion and acting in spite of it.

The problem is that most of us have uphill dreams but downhill habits.