16 Quotes by Charles Garfield

Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions.

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.

Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big

The fact is, the difference between peak performers and everybody else are much smaller than everybody else thinks.

On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.

Workaholics are addicted to activity; super achievers are committed to results.

I'm not overweight, I'm undertall

Can you have more than one major MISSION pervading your life? NO. That would be like coming to a fork in the road and trying to go both ways by straddling it.