Human beings perform best in an environment of unconditional support. That happens when someone looks at you and sees your full capacity, potential, and greatness. That person knows that you can do it, sees that you can do it, and holds you to that.

The reason we don't reach our goals is three-fold: We're going after something we don't really want. That's why sometimes, we have to perform Goal Replacement Surgery. Three kinds of goals require Goal Replacement Surgery: 1. Impossible goals. 2. Someone else's goals. 3. Goals you don't really want anymore.

Who are you trying to protect, punish or please by not succeeding?

Believing in yourself is the last, not the first stage, in the evolution of success. The first stage is someone believes in you. The second stage is you believe in someone else. The final stage is you believe in you.

Jack Canfield taught me two of the most brilliant questions I've ever seen in human relations. 'On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate our relationship? What can I do to make it a 10?

You can have excuses or success - but not both.

Practice does not make perfect; practice makes progress. The word progress comes from the Latin progredi, which means 'to step forward.' Life is not about being perfect; it's about having the courage to move forward, one step at a time.

Afformations are empowering questions that immediately change your subconscious thought patterns from negative to positive.

We typically fear, try to avoid, ignore, or get away from problems. But really, a problem is simply a question that hasn't been answered yet.