Quotes about Development

Business has only two functions - marketing and innovation.

The eyes start love; intimacy perfects it.

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.

All change is from the inner to the outer. All change begins in the self-concept. You must become the person you want to be on the inside before you see the appearance of this person on the outside.

Among the most important personal choices you can make is to accept complete responsibility for everything you are and everything you will ever be. This is the great turning point in life. The acceptance of personal responsibility is what separates the superior person from the average person.

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.

Read in your field for at least one hour every day.

This is one of the greatest breakthroughs in success psychology. You develop the courage you desire by disciplining yourself repeatedly to do the thing you fear until that fear eventually disappears—and it will.

If someone is doing better than you are today, it is because they have developed a habit of thinking and acting that you have not learned. And whatever other people have learned, you can learn as well.

The best news is that all sales skills, including closing, are learned and learnable. If you can drive a car, you can learn how to close the sale.