“If a man is called to be a street sweeper, he should sweep streets even as Michelangelo painted or Beethoven composed music or Shakespeare wrote poetry. He should sweep streets so well that all the hosts of heaven and earth will pause to say, ‘Here lived a great street sweeper who did his job well.’”   …continues

A flawed premise of success is that the goal is the most important ingredient in the stew of success, and that you win or lose based on the merits or worthiness of the goal. How wrong and casualty-creating that premise is as the best goal or most honorable intention cannot survive poor execution.   …continues

There will never be a day in your life that will not require honesty, integrity, compassion, character, good judgment, discipline, self-control or focus.

In addition, there will never be a day of your life that does not provide you with the opportunity to get better, providing you the feeling that you can improve, if you only step up and answer the call.   …continues

Everything you want in life, every goal you want to achieve, every dream you want to manifest comes with a price tag.

There is NO FREE LUNCH when it comes to true success and achievement.  …continues

True, big-time, legitimate success is something that is achieved by the MINORITY of people, and is therefore unnatural and not to be achieved by following our natural likes and dislikes nor by being guided by our natural preferences and prejudices.   …continues

Doing Things Right the First Time is a philosophy, a mentality, and a performance standard.

It’s a practical measure against which any system; process, action, or outcome can be analyzed.

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Success is the result of making and keeping commitments to yourself and others, while all failed or unfinished goals, projects and relationships are the direct result of broken commitments. It’s that simple, that profound, and that important.   …continues

Your mind thinks about what it is exposed too. Therefore, consciously give serious exposure to whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—expose yourself accordingly.   …continues

I am often asked for a simple, effective, and no-nonsense approach to goal setting that can be used by anyone regardless of age or situation.

What follows is what I affectionately call the 30-Day Extreme Makeover. Follow it to the letter and you will be quite pleased with the outcome.  …continues

One of the great things about trials and challenges is that they can force us into action. Just taking consistent action gets us 80% of the way toward any goal.

Based on the economic turmoil going on all around us, there is no more urgent time than right now to ACT. Everywhere people are losing their homes, their retirement savings, and the shirts off their back. It’s time to take your future by the horns and these 20 questions will help point the way!  …continues