We are wired to win – we just have to point ourselves in the right direction so we can win at something we consciously choose.

Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson.

You’re never going achieve your true potential if you’re hooked by what other people think. In fact, you could change your life overnight if you simply abandoned the notion that other people’s opinions matter.

On the other hand, the person who views success as if it were just around the corner will not only work his butt off to achieve it but be energized and alive to it and all the while acting on that fundamental view of success.

Most of the time, the task we’re actually facing is a lot simpler than we think it is. The problem is, we usually don’t take the time to really look at it.

It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.” – Aristotle.

Sometimes our mind is like the equivalent of a funhouse mirror, distorting and contorting and blurring our lives and our potential.

One of the first mistakes we make is when we talk about what we are going to do or who we will be. Don’t even get me started on “should,” or “try!

When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.” – Viktor Frankl.

We become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.” – Aristotle.