Quotes about Progress

Refuse to allow a weakness or a lack of ability in any area to hold you back. Everything is learnable. And what others have learned, you can learn as well.

What one skill, if I developed and did it in an excellent fashion, would have the greatest positive impact on my career?

Your future largely depends on what you learn and practice from this moment onward.

Develop an attitude of gratitude, and give thanks of everything that happens to you, knowing that every step forward is a step toward achieving something bigger and better than your current situation.

Make a decision today that, from now on, you are going to eliminate all the "if only's" from your life.

Continually upgrade your skills in your key result areas. Remember, however good you are today, your knowledge and skills are becoming obsolete at a rapid rate. As Pat Riley, the basketball coach, said, "Anytime you stop striving to get better, you're bound to get worse.

Approach every difficulty as if it were sent to you at that moment and in that way to teach you something you need to learn so you can continue moving forward.

Knowing why you're doing things does not automatically mean that you know how to change them. If you really want change, worry less about the why and concentrate more on the how. It is often easier and faster for us to change from the outside than to change from the inside.

It Doesn't Matter Where You Came From. All That Matters Is Where You Are Going

Go through your life regularly and practice "creative abandonment": Consciously determine the activities that you are going to discontinue so that you have more time to spend on those tasks that can really make a difference to your future.

The ability to set goals and to make plans for their accomplishment is the master skill of success.

Write down your goals, make plans to achieve them, and work on your plans every single day.