SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE FOLLOW THEIR PLAN

You need a plan to find success.

Wanting success isn't sufficient enough to get it. You've got to ask yourself, "What are you going to do to get the things you want."

Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.

You cannot fail with a definite step by step plan, because each step you take will carry you along to the next step, like a track.

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

You can not get lost on a straight road.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

OPEN YOUR OWN DOOR TO OPPORTUNITY

Success doesn't come to you. You must go to it.

You don't need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity.

What you need is to use what you have.

The golden opportunity you're seeking is in yourself. It's not in your environment. It's not in luck or chance or in the help of others.

It's in you.

There will always be a new opportunity where there is an open mind and a willing hand.

You must make your own opportunities.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

THERE ARE NO EASY ROADS TO SUCCESS

Whatever you want in life, you must give up something to get it. The greater the value, the greater the sacrifice required of you.

Everything has a price. There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, and a price to pay for just leaving things as they are.

Nothing worthwhile ever comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work, is the only way to accomplish results that last.

Use your imagination more than your memory to achieve success.

The highway to success is a toll road. There is no success at bargain basement prices.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

Dear John Letter by Gary Ryan Blair

 

The genesis of "Dear John" letters can be traced to World War II.

 

They usually began, "Dear John, I have found someone else whom I think the world of. I think the only way out is for us to get a divorce."

 

These letters, which broke the hearts and dreams of our servicemen and women, soon became known as "Dear Johns."

 

I developed this lesson to provide a different type of "Dear John" letter.

 

It's a private note from your hopes and dreams, and it speaks loudly through your subconscious.

 

The purpose is to provide an outlet, a voice for all of those hopes, dreams, desires, and goals that you've neglected.

 

If your goals, hopes, and dreams could talk, what would they say about your performance?

 

Let's hope that they wouldn't write you the following letter, especially on 12/31/11.

 

Dear John, (insert your name here)

 

You probably already know what this letter is about. You've seen it coming; I know you have. It's about us, John. It's over. I'm leaving you!

 

I've hung on as long as I could. You've got to give me credit for that. I mean, the way you swept me off my feet and talked lovingly about the future we would have together.

 

I have waited so long for your embrace, your attention, and your love.

 

Why have you neglected me? Why have you made so many excuses?

 

Your inaction and addiction to procrastination is tearing me apart. I simply must move on!

 

For years, I would get so excited every time you talked about the business we were going to start, the places we were going to visit, and the home on the water where we could watch the sun set every night.

 

My heart would pitter-patter every time you talked about me to other people, only to be let down once again because you were afraid.

 

John, what are you afraid of?

 

It's only me! I am your hopes, dreams, and goals.

 

I wanted you as much as you wanted me, but you have left me no choice.

 

I simply must move on!

 

Please do not attempt to talk your way out of this.

 

The years of indecision and lack of discipline tell me everything I need to know. If you really-and I mean REALLY-wanted me, you would have found a way for us to be together.

 

I am tired of having my hopes soar so high just to just to see them dashed.

 

I simply must move on!

 

Time is marching by without us, and my greatest fear is suddenly becoming visible on the horizon.

 

I am so afraid that we could come to the end of our lifetime and never have the chance to really know one another. It breaks my heart to even entertain this thought, but I simply must move on!

 

Like the Genie that grants three wishes, I wanted to give you your heart's desire.

 

All I wanted, needed, and asked for was your attention, your devotion, and your willingness to work hard for me. If that was too much to ask for, then I'm sorry.

 

I simply must move on!

 

All things of value must be earned, and I've grown tired of your excuses and lack of patience.

 

On numerous occasions, I was within your grasp, but you quit too soon. Why did you leave me when you were so close?

 

I'll let you in on a little secret. Every day I would call out to you, "I am your goal, here I am, come and get me!"  I'm curious. Did you ever hear me?

 

I repeated this question day after day, month after month, and year after year.

 

But now, I've grown tired of hearing that the timing is not right, that you're tired, or that someday you'll get around to it.

 

It's now time that I get around to it myself and find someone who is committed, focused, and proactive.

 

I simply must move on!

 

On behalf of all of your hopes, dreams, and desires, there is something you should know about us.

 

We will never fail you, nor will we ever let you down.

 

The main reason why we have not embraced one another is that you have failed us by not taking action! Why?

 

Sincerely,

 

Your Goals, Hopes, and Dreams

 

 

 

Granted, we rarely get that kind of feedback when we slack off on our efforts to achieve. But almost all of us have heard that small voice calling to us, "I am your goal, here I am, come and get me!"

 

WORK IS REWARD NOT PUNISHMENT

Your success in any occupation depends on your enjoyment.

Loving your work makes the difference. If you enjoy what you do, you'll be successful.

If you don't enjoy what you do, you won't be successful.

Your chances for success are directly proportional to the degree of pleasure you derive from what you do.

If you have a job you hate, face the fact squarely and get out. You'll never achieve real success unless you like what you are doing.

Success in its highest and noblest form calls for peace of mind, enjoyment, and happiness which comes only when you find the work that you like best.

You don't pay the price for success. You enjoy the price for success.

Work is love made visible.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

ALL GREAT ACHIEVEMENT TAKES TIME

"Keep trying" is the rule that must be followed to be successful at anything.

Your success will always be connected with your actions. Just keep moving towards your goal.

You'll make mistakes but don't ever quit. You may even have to hang on after others have let go.

Persistence means taking pains to overcome every obstacle, to do all that's necessary to reach your goal. In the end, the only people who fail are those that do not try.

Your future is a big adventure. Just remember, all great achievement takes time.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOU CAN BE A WINNER IF YOU PLAN AHEAD

You gain the advantage in any situation through one medium: time

You can do things before they need to be done. You can position yourself ahead of time in the best place.

Think ahead of any approaching action. Make a plan and you will always have the advantage.

Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.

In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

EVERY FAILURE IS A STEP CLOSER TO SUCCESS

People who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try to do nothing and succeed.

Experiencing failure is inevitable on your journey to be successful. Each defeat is merely an installment to victory.

You'll find that the number of times you succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times you fail and keep trying. You won't be judged by the number of times you fail, but by the number of times you succeed.

Failure is nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOUR SUCCESS IS A MATTER OF EXPECTATION

You must first expect to succeed if you want to succeed.
When you expect good things to happen, strangely enough, they will happen.

Expectation energizes your goals and gives them momentum.

Your life will always respond to your outlook, so set your goals high.

The dreams you choose to believe in will come to be.

You can't expect to succeed beyond your wildest expectations unless you begin with some pretty wild expectations.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

IT'S NEVER OVER UNTIL IT'S OVER

The power to hold on in spite of everything, to endure, this is the quality of a winner. Your greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising every time you fail.

It's your constant and determined effort that will eventually break down all resistance and sweep away all the barriers before you.

Persistence means taking pains to overcome every obstacle, to do all that's necessary to reach your goal.

All great achievements require time. Endurance is the crowning quality of success.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

BE PREPARED WHEN OPPORTUNITY COMES

Luck is the time when preparation and opportunity meet. When you're prepared, your chance for success will come. You can change chance into good fortune if you're ready.

By the law of periodical repetition, everything which as happened once must happen again and again and again. Not capriciously, but at regular periods, and each thing in its own period, and each obeying its own law.

There is a tide in your affairs, when taken at the flood, that will lead you on to fortune. As events tend to repeat themselves, the tide of opportunity will come to you.

The only sure thing about luck is that it will change.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

The World's Best Productivity Strategy - Part TWO

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All the best,
Tina
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The World's Best Productivity Strategy - Part Two

In part one of this series, we discussed how "Saying No" is the world's
best, fastest and easiest productivity strategy, primarily because it
simplifies.

You will succeed on the basis of what, where and how you say "no". And
"Saying NO" allows you to get more control over your daily life and
activities--IMMEDIATELY!

For these remaining 100 days of the year, you must resolve to give "NO" the
strategic resolve it deserves!

The following are fifteen simple, effective and empowering strategies that
you can use to get results--IMMEDIATELY!

1. What strategies, initiatives and activities will you say "no" to?
There is great feeling, focus, empowerment, and impact when everyone agrees
on paper the activities that will not be done.
Pull out a piece of paper and list all of the superfluous activities that
can slow down, or prevent progress from happening altogether.
Everything is fair game and absolutely nothing is sacred in this exercise.
Simply put, if it does not advance you forward, then say no!

2. What meetings will you decline or delegate?
List every meeting you have in place for the remainder of the year and
determine which you will NOT be attending.
Meetings consume large chunks of productive time, most are run improperly
and inefficiently, and most can be declined or delegated to someone else.

3. What relationships will you not keep?
The way you manage your relationships has an enormous impact on your
ability to perform at consistently high levels.
Identify the top three energy-draining relationships, that you are committed
to saying "no" to for the next 100 days.
Then focus on creating strategies to free yourself from each of them.

4. What measurements will you ignore?
Say goodbye to all lagging indicators and ONLY pay attention to measurements
related to customer satisfaction and the levers that directly drive sales,
margin, operating expense and ROI.

5. What customers will you not target?
Identify your IDEAL prospect, client or customer and quit chasing every
opportunity as it's a complete waste of time and resources. Once identified,
you must then articulate who you will NOT target.
Finally, make decisions on segments of your customers that deserve "VIP"
treatment.

6. What competitors will you not follow?
Way too much time is lost by following and focusing on too many competitors
and so-called guru's. Identify the top three and immediately remove yourself
from all of the other email distribution lists, blogs and other related
communications.

7. What websites will you not visit?
Web sites are like magnets and vampires, as they draw you in and suck away
productive time. Pull up your list of favorites, delete most of them and
keep only the ones of greatest value. You must institute a "No Surfing"
policy and stick to it.

8. What money will you not spend?
Put yourself on a fiscal diet as every dollar spent should be thought of as
an investment towards greater operating income -- even petty cash. With this
in mind, what things, or even entire budget categories, will you not spend?

9. What trips will you not make?
It's hard to deny the power of 'showing up' in person as great things happen
when you show up and interact with customers and colleagues. Nonetheless,
trips consume massive gobs of time and money.
Therefore, consider how you can use technology to replace trips, and only
travel when it can make a big impact towards your primary goals.

10. What foods will you not eat?
Reaching the next level of performance and productivity begins with how you
manage energy. It's disturbing to see the immense amount of human and
corporate potential squandered due to the misuse of energy.
Unhealthy eating habits, lack of exercise, negativity, sarcasm, unfocused
goals and strategies are all contributing factors to energy loss. Focus in
on your nutritional intake and exercise by eliminating any food, or drink
that compromises your energy levels.

11. What excuses will you not engage in?
Excuses drain energy, time, production and profits. Have a brutally honest
conversation with yourself and determine the excuses or behaviors that you
must do away with. I'm aware that it's easier said than done, but you will
NOT be able to achieve your true potential by fighting for and repeating
useless behavior.

12. What will you not say?
Develop the habit of saying NOTHING that does not move the 'agenda' forward
or uplift others. Speak ONLY of the solution, and waste not a second on the
problem or blame.
You will save a lot of time and mental energy which can be directed towards
more useful activities.

13. What thoughts will you not entertain?
Remember that which does not move you towards your goal, takes you away from
it. Therefore remove those thoughts that are limiting, defeating or
downright negative and consciously choose to replace them with thoughts of
abundance, optimism, and positivity. Don't tolerate negative thoughts or
conversations from yourself or others.

14. What television shows will you not view?
If there was ever a time hog that needed to be slaughtered, television tops
the list. In even a moderate TV-watching household, it's simply amazing how
many hours are spent in front of the box. The solution--go cold turkey!

15. What will you no longer tolerate from yourself or others?
Saying "no" and meaning it is the easiest word for setting a limit, holding
firm to boundaries, and being clear about what you will or will not do.
Identify the standards you wish to measure your life by and refuse to lower
or negotiate at any time, nor for any reason.

No is a tool Use the veto power of "No" regularly and with conviction as
it's a powerful strategic weapon that you can use to maximize your results
in the final 100 days of this year.

YES, YES, YES

Let's now focus on what you should say "yes" to. How does greater wealth,
health and happiness sound to you?

Say the word--yes, and give me the next 100 days and I'll turn you into an
unstoppable powerhouse!

Beginning September 22nd, I'm going to be releasing The 100 Day Finish
Strong Challenge at www.100DayChallenge.com

It's going to be a wild ride, and I'll be IN YOUR FACE every step of the way
for 100 straight days until I help you achieve every goal you want to
achieve!

Say the word--yes, and I'll teach you about commitment and absolute
accountability. I'll prove to you that you can deliver results that are in a
word--astounding.

There's no more goofing around... no more stalling, delaying, or "starting
on Monday". The train is leaving on September 22nd with or without you.
To get on the pre-registration list and to learn more about this exciting
program, please visit:
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Everything Counts!

Gary Ryan Blair

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The World's Best Productivity Strategy - Part One

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All the best,
Tina
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Subject: The World's Best Productivity Strategy - Part One

We are all staring down the barrel of the same reality--
the clock is ticking and no matter how you look at it,
we are approaching the home stretch of 2011.

You must consider the remaining 100 days of this year
as a now or never opportunity to finish the year strong,
to exceed expectations, and for some use it as a final
chance at redemption.

Let's cut right to the chase, by looking at the results of
your actions year to date, that REALITY tells you if you
have been successful or not in achieving the goals you
set earlier this year.

As it relates to your goals, your demonstrated actions
have allowed you to be in one of three positions.

You have either:

1. Exceeded your expectations of what you thought you
could achieve.

2. Met expectations of what you set out to accomplish.

3. Fallen below your desired expectations of what you
wanted to accomplish.

Unfortunately, in today's economy, far too many people
find themselves struggling and well below where they
would like to be.

The GOOD NEWS is that regardless of the position you are
currently in, you CAN finish the year strong, however you
must do a few things in the manner presented in the next
few paragraphs.

As someone who participates in or leads more than fifty
strategy sessions per year, I'm well aware that we all began
this year with great hope and determination.

I'm also well aware that many goals and plans fall far from
being realized.

THE SOLUTION

So what specifically can you do in order to capture the
brass ring? Work harder? Longer?

You don't stand a chance of succeeding with that strategy,
yet that is exactly what the majority of people will do.

Why not do something entirely different, why not focus on
saying NO!

Consisting of two letters and one syllable, the word "No"
can be considered to be one of the most powerful words
in your vocabulary.

It's the easiest word for setting a limit, holding firm to
boundaries, and being clear about what you will or will not
do. It is a word of pure power that is both inner and out
directed.

You will be a lot more productive once you recognize that:

1. "No" is not a dirty word, negative word, nor is it
a selfish word. Learning to say "No" is liberating as it
frees up your time to focus on your key priorities.

2. You are in complete control of how you spend your
time and your life. Saying "No" allows you more time and
energy to pursue your goals and wildest ambitions.

3. Saying, "No," increases the value of the things you
say, "Yes" to. Your success over the next 100 days requires
a short "Yes" list, and a long "No" list.

The key is an awareness and prioritization of your "Yes"
list, and firm boundaries around your "No" list as QUICKLY
as possible.

Saying "NO" is the most strategic decision you can make. You
improve yourself, your family, and your organization's
effectiveness--IMMEDIATELY!

"No" is empowering because it simplifies. You will succeed
on the basis of what, where and how you say "no". And "NO"
allows you to get more control over your daily life and
activities--IMMEDIATELY!

We need to say "NO", but we're not very good at it. In business
we give it another name. "prioritization" or "strategic planning.

But then we get back to day-to-day activities and we quickly
forget what we prioritized and planned. We end up letting the
"no's" creep back in.

For these remaining 100 days of the year, you must resolve to
give "NO" the strategic resolve it deserves and in the second
part of this post, I'll share FIFTEEN simple, effective and
empowering strategies (personal and professional) that you
can use to get results--IMMEDIATELY!

In the meantime, you are invited to pass this note along
to your friends and colleagues. Also, be sure to get your
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Everything Counts!

Gary Ryan Blair

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LOOK AT THINGS AS THEY CAN BE

Your range of available choices right now has no limits.
The only limits you have are in your mind.

You've got it in you to succeed. Just make up your mind and stick with it.

You weren't born with any limits on your powers or any set limits to your capacity.

At any moment, you have more possibilities than you can act upon.

Imagine your possibilities and your vision expands.
Capture your dreams in your mind and your life becomes full.

Reach out and touch the limits of your being in your mind.

If you think you can, you can.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

MASTER LIFE DON'T LET IT MASTER YOU

Some people are successful in mastering life, while others permit life to master them.

There is a split in you that is very clear. There is part of you that knows what you should do, and a part of you that does what it feels like doing.

Don't let passion drive you, let reason hold the reins.

Once you understand these opposing forces warring within you, with this knowledge of the truth: you no longer remain a slave. A clear understanding of this will make you the master of your life.

Resistance is your thoughts transformed into feelings.
Change the thoughts that create the resistance, and there is no more resistance.

Are you controlled by your thoughts or are you controlling your thoughts? If you do not conquer self, you will be conquered by self.

If you are ruled by your mind you are a king, if by your body, a slave.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

"Don't Put Off Till Tomorrow."

"Five more minutes," I screamed at my mother as she always tried to awaken
me from bed to go to school every morning.

It was a morning ritual. That "5 minutes" would inevitably turn into 10
minutes, which would then turn into 15, then . or, if one does not have a
"willing, gullible mother" there's always the clock radio with the ever
powerful snooze button. (Why do they have them anyway?)

It's a common habit for many, many people to always "push the snooze
button," or more simply put, "procrastinate." I guess I learned the hard way
that "procrastination is not the best way to do things and get them
accomplished."

In high school I was always "putting things off" or procrastinating. It did
not seem to matter, as I was always making great grades, but always pushing
it to the limits. If I had a huge final, it did not matter as, apparently,
"God would always watch out for me in high school" because I would always
(barely, but always) get the work done. That's how I "preferred" it (I
thought); I thought I was invincible; at least in regard to my
procrastinating ways.

That method of studying seemed to work well as a freshman in college also,
as well as the first semester of my sophomore year. I even procrastinated on
one of my first semester sophomore finals, not taking exams until after the
Christmas break. I did well and thought again: "Procrastination did not hurt
me at all." However, very soon I learned life was not so easy, as two weeks
after I took that "make up final" my entire life changed forever, as well as
my desire to procrastinate.

I was seriously injured, suffering a traumatic brain injury. Most physicians
and lay people did not believe I would survive, much less return to college,
much less be a functioning member of society ever again. It was not easy.

However, I have learned life is not supposed to be easy. Eighteen months
after almost losing my life and spending those months in painful therapy I
returned to college. Back at college I could now not "skip" my classes as I
previously had. My traumatic brain injury obligated me to work hard in order
to comprehend the material, and that meant attending all classes and
lectures.

However, after four years back at college I graduated at the top of my class
with many honors. Smiling and limping as I crossed the stage to accept my
diploma from the dean, I realized that all my painful and difficult work was
worth everything, as, again, I realized that "anything in life that's worth
doing, rarely comes easily." As I accepted the diploma from the dean I
chuckled inwardly as I asked myself, "What's procrastination?"

However, years later, I learned another lesson in regard to procrastination.

My family was going to my cousin's wedding in New York City in the late
1990s. Our hotel was directly across the street from the World Trade Towers.
I thought about climbing all the stairs to the top (for exercise; to set a
"goal"; and simply because I wanted to prove that I could do it). Looking
from my hotel room at one of the "Towers" I thought, "It's already getting
close to the time when we have to get ready for the wedding, plus, the
"Towers" will be there when I return on another trip."

Little could I ever imagine what would happen on September 11, 2001, and
that the Towers would NOT be there for a return trip.

Looking back, I realize what might happen when one "puts off for another
day" what he can do today. Sometimes the tomorrows never come about. One
should never put off until tomorrow what one can do today: climbing a
skyscraper, saying you love someone, visiting friends in a hospital. They
are all important. One never knows what the future holds in store for you.
That is why if you look in the dictionary you will find a definition as
"right now" for "present." No one knows what the future will be.

The present is a gift -- that is why it is called "present" -- it's a gift
to you -- remember that and live life accordingly.

C2009 by Michael Jordan Segal; all rights reserved

Michael Jordan Segal, who defied all odds after being shot in the head, is a
husband, father, social worker, freelance author (including a CD/Download of
12 stories, read with light backgroud music, entitled POSSIBLE), and
inspirational speaker, sharing his recipe for happiness, recovery and
success before conferences and businesses. To contact Mike or to order his
CD, please visit www.InspirationByMike.com and please take a moment to check
out his youtube video at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNeRqpaoNpQ you
will be glad you did.

EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE TO BE SUCCESSFUL

People often handle life as they do bad weather. They while away the time waiting for it to stop. Yet the tide of opportunity comes to everyone.

Opportunity knocks all the time, but you've got to be ready for it. When your chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, for time and chance happen to everyone. Take a second look at what appears to be someone's "good luck." You'll find not luck but preparation, planning and success-producing thinking.

When you're prepared for opportunity your chance for success is sure to come.

The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT

No one can cheat you out of ultimate success but you.

You must choose the thoughts and actions that will lead you on to success. You must set your own standards.

Nothing meaningful happens by itself. It will all come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come your way, by your own efforts.

Only you can hold yourself back, or stand in your own way.
Only you can help yourself.

Not in time, place or circumstances, but in you lies success.

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

WHAT YOU SEE, IS WHAT YOU GET

Visualize what you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Your mind is your mental workshop.

You can build anything you want in it. The beginning of your success is in your imagination.

Make your mental blue print and then begin construction.
See things as you would have them be instead of as they are.

Use your imagination to perceive your new reality even when it's not fully materialized. Remember, you must first clearly see a thing in your mind before you can do it or have it.

Your imagination will show you how to turn possibility into reality.

First think, then organize your thoughts into plans. Then transform your thoughts into reality by taking some positive action.

See the things you want as already yours. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.

Picture yourself as having already achieved your goal. Dreams and ideas can cross continents and oceans.
They go anywhere you can go.

What you see is what you get.


© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

TRUE SUCCESS DEPENDS ON YOUR ENJOYMENT

You'll never achieve real success unless you like what you're doing.

What you do is more important than how much money you make. How you feel about what you do is more important than what you do.

The more you love what you're doing, the more successful it will be for you. Don't set compensation as your goal.

Find the work you like and the compensation will follow.

You don't pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.


© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOU WILL FIND TRUE JOY USING YOUR POTENIAL

Your greatest success and happiness in life will be found when you use your
natural abilities to their fullest extent.  Happiness is not having or
being.  It's in the doing.

The essence of true wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life
is activity, laughter, and love.

You were created to conquer your environment, to solve problems, and to
achieve goals. You'll find no real satisfaction or happiness in life without
obstacles to conquer and goals to achieve.

Yes, there is true happiness.  It's found in doing a job well done, in
achieving a worthy goal, in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the
last line of your poem.

Your personal growth itself contains the seed of happiness.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

SEE THINGS AS YOU WANT THEM TO BE

How can you make your dream come true, if you don't have one?

Visualize your goals and your subconscious will begin to work toward making
your mental pictures come true.

You'll gradually grow into any condition you desire, provided you adjust
your mental attitude to mirror the person who corresponds to those
conditions.

If you advance with confidence in the direction of your dreams, and begin to
live the life you imagine, you'll meet with success beyond your wildest
imagination.

The only way to discover your limits of the possible is to go beyond them
into the impossible.

You're the one who can stretch your horizon.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU DO NOT EXIST FOR YOURSELF

Your success depends on the support of other people.

The only hurdle between you and what you want to be, is the support of
others.
 
Put yourself in another's place, and you'll know why they think and do
certain things.  You can succeed fastest by helping others to succeed. 

Always think in terms of what the other person wants.
You'll get everything in life that you want if you'll help enough other
people get what they want.  Doing things for others always pays dividends. 

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all
success, all achievement in real life grows.
 
You're not an isolated island. You're a piece of the planet, a piece of the
universe.

When you help someone's boat across a river, you'll find your own boat  has
reached the shore too.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

MAKE CHANGE A POSITIVE PART OF YOUR LIFE

You must avoid breaking when things don't go your way.
You'll always be secure to the degree that you accept change.

True security comes from being able to bend your insecurities.
 
Recognize and accept that change will inevitably take place.  You'll become
secure, not by standing still, but by growing, moving, and staying
energized.

Be secure in the knowledge that you can deal with anything that happens to
you.
 
Have the courage to bet on your ideas.
Take some calculated risks and act on your dreams.
 
There is no permanent security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
 
 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

EVERYONE HAS A CHANCE FOR SUCCESS

People often handle life as they do bad weather.  They while away the time
waiting for it to stop.  Yet the tide of opportunity comes to everyone.

Opportunity knocks all the time, but you've got to be ready for it.  When
your chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.
 
The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, for time and
chance happen to everyone.  Take a second look at what appears to be
someone's "good luck."  You'll find not luck but preparation, planning and
success-producing thinking. 

When you're prepared for opportunity your chance for success is sure to
come.  The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of
success.
 
Decide that this year will be your year for success and prepare for it to
happen.
 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

STAY IN THE GAME IF YOU WANT TO WIN

The law of averages is on your side. The more you try, the greater your
chance of succeeding.

Taking a risk is often your first necessary step toward success. If you
don't take some risks, you won't get the chance to succeed.

While you are trying, you are winning. Never get discouraged. Every wrong
attempt is another step forward.
People that make no mistakes usually don't make anything.

Make up your mind not merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in
spite of a thousand defeats.

Your mistakes are stepping stones to success and your installment payments
to victory.

You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.
 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

FIND THE GOOD SIDE TO EVERY SITUATION

You cannot have the success without the failures.
Any experience can be transformed into something of value.
 
Everything depends on the way you look at things.

What are stumbling blocks and defeat before you can be stepping stones to
victory if you remain determined.I

In all of your adversities lies the seeds of equivalent advantages. 
In every defeat there is a lesson showing you how to win the next time.

View your problems as opportunities.
When it's dark enough you can see the stars.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

RICHES LIE WITHIN YOU

Wealth without enjoyment is little consolation.  Your real riches in life
are riches of the head and heart.

Satisfaction comes when you appreciate what you have.

While success is getting what you want, true happiness is wanting what you
get.

It's not how much you have, but how much you enjoy that truly matters. 
Riches lie within you, not in your material possessions.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

ATTITUDE IS EVERYTHING

You determine your attitude. You can respond positively or negatively to any
situation.

Your attitude is not determined by circumstances, but by how you respond to
your circumstances.
 
Any challenge facing you is not as important as your attitude towards it,
for that will determine your success or failure.
 
It's how you react to events, not the events themselves, that determines
your attitude.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

OVERCOME YOUR FEARS WITH ACTION

Do the thing you fear and fear disappears.

Confront your fears, list them, get to know them and only then will you be
able to put them aside and move ahead.
 
Your obstacles will melt away, if instead of cowering before them, you make
up your mind to walk boldly through them.
 
One of the greatest surprises you'll experience, is when you discover that
you can do what you were afraid you couldn't do.
 
The only thing you have to fear is fear itself. When you face the things
that scare you, you open the door to freedom.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

ACTION IS REQUIRED IF YOU WANT TO BE SUCCESSFUL

The only way to start to improve your life is to start. Once you're sure
you're on the right road there is no need to plan your journey too far
ahead.

Don't burden yourself with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar
your progress. You can only take one step at a time.

You don't need to know all the answers in advance. Just maintain a clear
idea of the goal you want to reach
and the answers will come in their own time.

If you can get up the courage to begin, you'll have the courage to succeed.

It's the job you never start that takes the longest to finish.
Go after what you want and you'll get it.

Eighty percent of success is showing up.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU ONLY GET TO KEEP WHAT YOU GIVE AWAY

It's a universal law:  You have to give before you get.
 
You must plant your seeds before you reap the harvest.

The more you sow, the more you will reap.  In giving to others, you will
find yourself blessed.
 
The law works to give you back more then you have sown.  Those that obtain
have little.  Those who scatter have much.  The giver's harvest is always
full.  Nature does not give to those who will not spend.
 
This is the time of year to show appreciation to those you love.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

BE PREPARED FOR SUCCESS

There is no shortage of opportunity. Every day you are presented  with
countless chances to be, or do whatever you desire.
 
Luck is a matter of preparation  meeting opportunity.
Don't miss out on an opportunity because you're not prepared.
 
Your preparation is absolutely essential.
To achieve success, you must have self discipline.
You must increase your knowledge  and develop your skills.
 
You're always in the right place at the right time when you're prepared.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

MAKE YOUR DREAMS A REALITY

You have the power and the opportunity to change your life.
You can make anything you want of it. It's not difficult, it just takes some
effort.
 
See things as you would have them be instead of as they are. Develop a
personal plan that focuses on what you want, not on what you have.
 
Your imagination will show you how to turn possibility into reality.
Visualize your goals and your subconscious will work toward making those
mental picture come true.
 
When you picture yourself as vividly winning, that alone will contribute
immeasurably to your success.
 
Knowing your destination is all you need to get there.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU MUST MAKE YOUR OWN OPPORTUNITIES

Your destiny isn't a matter of chance, it's a matter of the choices you
make.

Success isn't something you wait for, it's something you must pursue.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities to be successful. Seize common
occasions and turn them into great ones.

Opportunities sometimes come disguised in the form of misfortune, or
temporary defeat.

Start where you are. You are, at this moment, standing right in the middle
of opportunity.

If you act on your dreams you can live them.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

EVERY WINNER HAS SCARS

Life is made up of a series of experiences. Each one will make you stronger,
even though it may be hard for you to realize it at the time.
 
Life is your classroom in which you're being tested, tried, and passed.
Always try to stay in the midst of life and activity.  Don't isolate
yourself from the action. Your character develops itself in the stream of
life.
 
The setbacks and hardships you endure actually help you in your march
forward to success.  The world was built to develop your character.
 
Life expects you to make progress in reasonable time.  That's why those
elementary school chairs are so small.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

HAPPINESS LIES IN THE JOY OF ACHIEVEMENT

Happiness lies in the joy of achievement, in the thrill of creative effort.

The human spirit needs to accomplish, to achieve, to triumph to be happy.

Happiness does not come from doing easy work.  but from the afterglow of
satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that
demands your best.

Your personal growth itself contains the seed of happiness.  You cannot
pursue happiness by itself.  There is no happiness except in the realization
that you have accomplished something.

Happiness thrives in activity.  It's a running river, not a stagnant pond.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

FOLLOW THE PATH OF OTHERS TO SUCCESS

You can learn from other people to make up for your lack of experience in
any area of life.

Be open and receptive to the people around you. They have things to teach
you.

Take advantage of the people that have made the journey ahead of you. Try to
pick the right role models. Don't look for people that make you feel good or
entertain you.

Look for people that can help you. Role models are more than people you like
and admire.
 
The key is to look for people that will help you to be more successful.  You
can learn from the mistakes of others.
You can learn different approaches to overcoming challenges.

Learning "what not to do" is as important as learning "what to do."

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

THE FACTS ALWAYS SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES

The truth isn't a matter of your personal viewpoint. Learn to see things as
they really are, not as you imagine they are.

Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it. No matter what you
believe, it never changes the facts. If they are there, the facts always
speak for themselves.

The truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority
of people.

If sixty million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish thing. No
authority is higher than reality.

The sky is no less blue because the blind man doesn't see it.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU MUST ACT ON YOUR DREAMS

You have to make your own opportunities. Your future is not a matter of
chance. It's a matter of your choice.

It's not something you wait for. It's something you must actively pursue.

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make
them great. Opportunity can come disguised in the form of misfortune, or
temporary defeat.

Start today, right where you are. Distant fields will always appear greener.
Yet, golden opportunities are all around you.

You can live a great dream if you pursue it.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU CAN ACHIEVE ANYTHING

The only thing that stands between you and what you want from life, is
simply the will to pursue it and the faith to believe that it is possible.

You can have anything on earth that you want, once you mentally accept the
fact that you can have it.

If you want success, begin thinking of yourself as a success.  The feeling
of being successful has to come first.

If you have a deep inner conviction that you will always have all that you
need, if you actually feel prosperous, it will be so.

Only your mind sets your limits.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

OPPORTUNITY KNOCKS ALL THE TIME

The race is not to the swift or the battle to the strong, for time and
chance happen to everyone.

Take a second look at what appears to be someone's "good luck."

You'll find not luck but preparation, planning and success-producing
thinking.

Opportunity is around you all the time, but you have to be ready for it.
When your chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

When you're prepared for opportunity, your chance for success is sure to
come.
 
The season of failure is the best time for sowing the seeds of success.

The tide of opportunity comes to everyone.  Even to you.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

EACH FAILURE IS A STEP CLOSER TO SUCCESS

People who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who
try to do nothing and succeed.

Experiencing failure is inevitable on your journey to be successful.  Each
defeat is merely an installment to victory.
 
You'll find that the number of times you succeed is in direct proportion to
the number of times you fail and keep trying.

You won't be judged by the number of times you fail, but by the number of
times you succeed.
 
Failure is nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something
better.

You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

DESIRE IS THE STARTING POINT OF SUCCESS

The first thing that will contribute to reaching your goal is that you
simply want to reach it badly enough.

You must learn how to desire with sufficient intensity to be successful.
 
If you have the desire you have the power to attain success.  You can really
have anything you want in life if you go after it.  But you have to want it.
 
As a drowning soul desires air, as a shipwrecked person craves fresh water,
so must you feel that intense, eager, insistent, demanding, ravenous desire
for your success.
 
Your desire for success must be so strong within you that it becomes the
very breath of your life.  It must be your first thought when you wake up,
and your last thought when you go to bed at night.
 
You can have anything you want if you go after it with intensity.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

IT'S ALWAYS A GOOD TIME TO CHANGE

The first step toward getting somewhere is to decide that you're not going
to stay where you are.
 
You're a product of your environment. So choose an environment that will
best develop you toward your goals.
 
Analyze your life in terms of your environment. Are the things around you
helping you toward your success or are they holding you back?
 
Your world today is a living expression of how you are using and have used
your mind.  It's something that you can change at any time.
 
You don't have to remain a captive of your environment.
Don't say "If I could change, I would change,"

Say  "I can change, and I will change."

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

IF YOU HAVE THE COURAGE TO MAKE IT, YOU WILL

Success is a road paved with perseverance.  The odds are with you if you
keep trying.

There is no failure except in not trying.  You cannot be beaten at anything,
until you quit in your own mind.  There is no defeat except from within.

You have no really insurmountable barrier except your own inherent weakness
of purpose.

Consider yourself on a very long journey.  Sustain your personal vision of
success.  In the end, you can only fail if you do not try.

Winning isn't everything, but wanting to is.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

QUALITY OF LIFE BEGINS IN YOUR MIND

It's not what you have, but what you enjoy that constitutes your abundance.

Your real riches are riches in your head and heart. Wealth without enjoyment
is little consolation.

True satisfaction comes from appreciating what you have.

There are two ways of being happy: you must either diminish your wants or
augment your means.

It's always better to appreciate things you cannot have than to have the
things you cannot appreciate.

Your riches will always lie within you, not in your material possessions.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

OPEN YOUR OWN DOOR TO OPPORTUNITY

Success doesn't come to you. You must go to it.

You don't need more strength or more ability or greater opportunity.

What you need is to use what you have.

The golden opportunity you're seeking is in yourself.  It's not in your
environment. It's not in luck or chance or in the help of others.
 
It's in you.

There will always be a new opportunity where there is an open mind and a
willing hand.

You must make your own opportunities.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU ALWAYS HAVE A CHANCE

You can do anything you wish to do, have anything you wish to have, and be
anything you wish to be.
 
You don't know what you can really do until you try.  All you have to do is
to act on your dreams.
 
You have the power within you to do things you never dreamed possible.  You
would amaze yourself if you did all the things you're capable of doing.

This power becomes available to you  as soon as you change some of your
beliefs.
 
Use your imagination and look at things as they can be.  You know what you
are today but not what you may be tomorrow.
 
Your success begins in your mind.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU CAN BE A WINNER IF YOU PLAN AHEAD

You gain the advantage in any situation through one medium: time

You can do things before they need to be done. You can position yourself
ahead of time in the best place.
 
Think ahead of any approaching action. Make a plan and you will always have
the advantage.
 
Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.

The time to repair the roof is when the sun is shining.
 
In life, as in chess, forethought wins.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

Revelation Must Be Terrible

Revelation must be
terrible with no time left
to say goodbye.

Imagine that moment
staring at the still waters
with only the brief tremor

of your body to say
you are leaving everything
and everyone you know behind.

Being far from home is hard, but you know,
at least we are exiled together.
When you open your eyes to the world

you are on your own for
the first time. No one is
even interested in saving you now

and the world steps in
to test the calm fluidity of your body
from moment to moment

as if it believed you could join
its vibrant dance
of fire and calmness and final stillness.

As if you were meant to be exactly
where you are, as if
like the dark branch of a desert river

you could flow on without a speck
of guilt and everything
everywhere would still be just as it should be.

As if your place in the world mattered
and the world could
neither speak nor hear the fullness of

its own bitter and beautiful cry
without the deep well
of your body resonating in the echo.

Knowing that it takes only
that one, terrible
word to make the circle complete,

revelation must be terrible
knowing you can
never hide your voice again.

-- David Whyte
from Fire in the Earth
©1992 Many Rivers Press

Via http://www.davidwhyte.com/english_rev.html

THE SECRET TO CONFIDENCE IS PREPARATION

With practice you'll come to a point of competence.  You'll find yourself
accomplishing your goals gracefully and confidently.

It's then that you'll do things that you never dreamed you could do.  You'll
discover powers you never knew existed.

If you're prepared,  you're able to feel confident.
 
There can be no great courage when there is no confidence or assurance. 
Half the battle is in the conviction that you can accomplish what you
undertake.
 
Confidence doesn't come out of nowhere.  It's the result of constant work
and dedication.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

THERE ARE NO SHORT CUTS TO SUCCESS

Whatever you want in life, you must give up something to get it. The greater
the value, the greater the sacrifice required of you.

Everything has a price.

There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, and a price to pay
for just leaving things as they are.

Nothing worthwhile ever comes easily. Work, continuous work and hard work,
is the only way to accomplish results that last.

Use your imagination more than your memory to achieve success.

There is no success at bargain basement prices. The highway to success is a
toll road.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU CANNOT WIN THE RACE UNLESS YOU RUN

You must take the first step to win any race.

The first step will take some effort and maybe some pain.  But after that,
everything you have to do is real - life movement.

Once you're moving you must keep moving.
 
Create a definite plan for carrying out your desires and begin at once,
whether you're ready or not, to put your plan into action.
 
If you can get up the courage to begin, you have the courage to succeed. 
You can only fail if you fail to start.
 
Winning starts with beginning.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

OPEN YOUR OWN DOOR TO SUCCESS

Success on any major scale requires that you accept responsibility.

The one quality that all successful people have is their ability to take on
responsibility.

You must choose the thoughts and actions that will lead you on to success.
Nothing will happen by itself.

It can all come your way, once you understand that you have to make it come
your way, by your own exertions.

Find your pathway to success and begin your journey.
Your life will become what you make of it.
 
The golden opportunity you are seeking lies within you. It's not in your
environment. It's not in luck or chance, or the help of others. It's in you
alone.

Opportunity is all around you. And if the door of opportunity is closed, you
must keep on knocking on it, and keep on knocking on it until it opens.

You'll develop your opportunity by applying persistence to your
possibilities.

Success won't come to you, you must go to it. Become an opener of doors.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

CONCENTRATION WILL OPEN ANY DOOR

The first law of success is concentration.

Concentration is your magic key that opens the door to accomplishing
anything.

When your physical and mental resources are focused,
your power to resolve problems multiples tremendously.
To do two things at once is to do neither.

Bend all of your energies to one point, and go directly to that point,
looking neither to the right nor to the left.

Nothing can add more power to your life as much as concentrating all your
energies on a limited set of targets.

The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.
Success is the result of well directed energy.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU CAN RISE ABOVE REALITY

Courage is the power to face your difficulties.

It comes from the reserves of your mind that are more powerful than your
outside circumstances. 

When you recognize that you're bigger than your problems, you'll gain the
courage necessary to overcome anything.
 
Your obstacles will look large or small to you according to whether you are
large or small.
 
Courage is the capacity to confront what can be imagined.  It gives you the
ability to rise above your present reality.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

FOLLOW THOSE DREAMS

If you want to enlarge your life, you must first enlarge your thought of it
and yourself.

Hold the ideal of yourself as you long to be, your ideal of what you long to
attain, the ideal of health, efficiency, fun and success.
 
You can lift yourself by your thoughts.  Your vision will help you climb
mountains.

High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.
 
You'll become as small as your controlling desire, or as great as your
dominant aspiration. The courage to follow your dreams is your first step
toward destiny.

When you cease to dream, you cease to live.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

ALL PERSONAL GROWTH INVOLVES CHANGE

Personal growth is the process of responding positively to change.  It
involves risk as you step from the known to the unknown.
 
All your growth will depend on your activity. Your strength and growth will
come only through continuous effort and struggle.  There will be no
development without effort.
 
Trouble is the common denominator of living. It is the great equalizer of
life. Your trials, your sorrows and your grief's will develop you.
 
When good or bad fortune comes your way, you must give it meaning and
transform it into something of value.
 
What happens to you is not as important as your reaction to what is
happening.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU HAVE THE POWER IF YOU HAVE THE DESIRE

Your dreams will come true if you have the desire to pursue them.  You must
believe in yourself.

Know in your heart that you can do the job that you set out to do.  You are
never given a wish without also given the power to make it come true.

The achievement of your goal is assured the moment you commit yourself to
it.

Everything is possible if you believe it's possible.  It's your mind that
sets your limits.  What you envision you can do, you can do.

Start thinking of yourself as a success and success will follow.  You can
because you think you can.

Success is a state of mind, you have the power if you have the desire.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

A GOAL CAN TAKE YOU ANYWHERE

A life without purpose is like a ship without a rudder. Goals are dreams
that are written down.

The purpose of a goal is to focus your attention. Your mind will reach
toward achievement only when it has a goal.
 
There is no achievement without goals.
 
Establish a goal worth working for. Your goal will keep you going in tough
times.
 
Always have something ahead of you. Continuously visualize your next step.
Keep moving after you achieve your goal and set another. Momentum is
maintained by always having something to look forward to. Constantly give
yourself something to work for.
 
Do what you can do well, and do well whatever you can do and you'll achieve
any goal that you set for yourself.
 
You can plant your dream with a goal.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

THERE IS ALWAYS ENOUGH TIME IF YOU USE IT WISELY

Your dilemma goes deeper than having a shortage of time,
it's basically a problem of priorities.

Most people leave undone those things that should be done, while they do
things that they shouldn't be doing.

Set priorities for your goals. A major part of successful living lies in
your ability to put first things first.

Most major goals are not achieved because people put second things first.

Is what you're doing getting you closer to your objectives?
Anything that is wasted effort represents wasted time.

Don't serve time, make time serve you.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

THINK IN TERMS OF WHAT THE OTHER PERSON WANTS

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all
success, all achievement in real life grows.

Your success depends on the support of other people.

You can get anything you want in life if you're willing to help enough other
people get what they want.

The only hurdle between you and what you want to be
is the support of others.

You cannot hold a torch to light another's path without brightening your
own.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

THE POWER TO SUCCEED IS YOURS ALONE

The day you take complete responsibility for yourself, the day you stop
making any excuses, that's the day you start moving down the road to
success.

No one else can do it for you. Only you can make it happen.
You're the only one that has to live your life.

Success on any major scale requires you to accept responsibility. It's up to
you to choose the thoughts and action that will lead you to success.

Your life will be what you make of it. Nothing will ever happen by itself.
Success will come your way once you realize that you have to make it come
your way by your own actions.

The power to succeed is yours alone.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

TAKING A RISK IS OFTEN YOUR FIRST STEP TOWARD SUCCESS

Taking a risk is often your first necessary step toward success.  If you
don't take some risks, you won't get the chance to succeed.  While you are
trying, you are winning.
 
The law of averages is on your side. The more you try, the greater your
chance of succeeding.
 
Never get discouraged. Every wrong attempt is another step forward. People
that make no mistakes usually don't make anything.
 
Make up your mind not merely to overcome a thousand obstacles, but to win in
spite of a thousand defeats.
 
Your mistakes are stepping stones to success and your installment payments
to victory.
 
You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU DETERMINE YOUR ATTITUDE

Your attitude is not determined by circumstances, but by how you respond to
your circumstances.

You can respond positively or negatively to any situation.

It's how you react to events,  not the events themselves, that determines
your attitude.

Any challenge facing you is not as important  as your attitude towards it,
for that will determine your success or failure.

Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn
out.

It's not your position but your disposition that counts.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOUR LIFE RESPONDS TO YOUR OUTLOOK

The dreams you choose to believe in come to be.

When you feel in your innermost being that you will achieve what you set out
to do, you open the way for miracles.

Choose to believe something good can happen.  Expecting it to happen
energizes your goal and actually gives it momentum. 

What you expect to happen, happens.

If you expect to succeed, you'll succeed.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

SUCCESSFUL ACTION IS CUMULATIVE IN RESULTS

Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.

Many people take the first step and then stop. Yet, with every additional
step you take, you enhance immensely the value of your first step.

All masters of success are chiefly distinguished by their power of adding a
second, a third, and perhaps a forth step in a continuous line.

There is no royal road to anything. One thing at a time, all things in
succession is the rule of life. That which grows fast, withers as rapidly.
That which grows slowly, endures.

Do not despise the bottom rings in your ascent to greatness.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

THE TIME FOR ACTION IS TODAY

You must be ready when an opportunity comes before you.
Luck is the time when your preparation and opportunity meet.

There is a tide in your affairs, which, when taken at the flood, will lead
you on to fortune and success.
 
By the law of periodical repetition, everything which has happened once must
happen again and again and again, not capriciously, but at regular periods,
and each thing in its own period, and each obeying its own law.
 
As events tend to repeat themselves, the tide of opportunity will come to
you.

Be prepared and your chance for success is sure to come.
Seize an opportunity to change your life.  You can change chance into good
fortune if you are ready.
Look around you. The only sure thing about your luck is that it will change.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

IF YOU EXPECT TO SUCCEED, YOU'LL SUCCEED

The dreams you choose to believe in come to be.

When you feel in your innermost being that you will achieve what you set out
to do, you open the way for miracles.

Choose to believe something good can happen. Expecting it to happen
energizes your goal and actually gives it momentum.

What you expect to happen, happens.

Life responds to your outlook.

If you want to succeed beyond your wildest expectations, you have to begin
with some wild expectations.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

THERE ARE NO SHORT CUTS TO SUCCESS

Whatever you want in life, you must give up something to get it.  The
greater the value, the greater the sacrifice required of you.  Everything
has a price.

There's a price to pay if you want to make things better, and a price to pay
for just leaving things as they are.

Nothing worthwhile ever comes easily.  Work, continuous work and hard work,
is the only way to accomplish results that last.  Use your imagination more
than your memory to achieve success.

There is no success at bargain basement prices.  The highway to success is a
toll road.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

TRUE SUCCESS DEPENDS ON YOUR ENJOYMENT

You'll never achieve real success unless you like what you're doing.

What you do is more important than how much money you make. How you feel
about what you do is more important than what you do.
 
The more you love what you're doing, the more successful it will be for you.
Don't set compensation as your goal.

Find the work you like and the compensation will follow.

You don't pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOUR SUCCESS DEPENDS ON USING NOT OPPOSING

The world is primarily constituted on the basis of harmony.
Everything works in cooperation with something else.

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all
success, all achievement in real life grows.

Put yourself in another's place. Only then will you know why they think and
do certain things.  Once you understand how quickly people will grant your
requests when those requests appeal to their self interest, you can have
practically anything you go after.

It's through cooperation not conflict, that you'll achieve your greatest
success.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

DO WHAT IS NECESSARY FOR THE ODDS ARE IN YOUR FAVOR

Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business.

The time to repair your roof is when the sun is shining.
Try to do things before they need to be done.

Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning. Position
yourself ahead of time in the best place for you.

You'll gain the advantage in any situation through one medium: time

When you think ahead of any approaching action you'll always have the
advantage. You'll be the winner.
 
Do the next thing.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

IT'S YOUR FRIENDS THAT MAKE YOUR WORLD

Your own positive energy will compel things to turn out the way you desire
when you're surrounded by positive people.

Choose your environment with care. Your environment is your mental feeding
ground. It's where all the food that goes into your mind comes from.

Choose your environment with care, one that is positive,
one that lifts you up and gives you wings to soar.

Create favorable conditions through your association with others. Avoid
people who belittle your ambition.

Small people always do that, but the really great people,
make you feel that you, too, can become great.

We shape our buildings, and then they shape us.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

SELECT YOUR ENVIRONMENT WITH CARE

Your own positive energy will compel things to turn out the way you desire
when you're surrounded by positive people.

Your environment is your mental feeding ground from which the food that goes
into your mind is extracted.

Choose your environment with care, one that is positive, one that lifts you
up and gives you wings to soar.

Create favorable conditions through your association with others. Avoid
people who belittle your ambition.

Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you,
too, can become great.

We shape our buildings, thereafter they shape us.

It's your friends that make your world.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU HAVE THE POWER TO SUCCEED

Truth isn't a matter of your personal viewpoint. Learn to see things as they
really are, not as you imagine they are.
 
Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or who says it. No matter what you
believe, it never changes the facts. If they are there, the facts always
speak for themselves.
 
The truth does not change because it is, or is not, believed by a majority
of people. If sixty million people say a foolish thing, it's still a foolish
thing.
 
The sky is no less blue because the blind man does not see it.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

NEVER SAY NEVER

There is no such thing as no chance.  Don't think about the things you can't
do.  Think about the things you can do.
 
No matter what the level of your ability is, you have more potential than
you can ever develop in a lifetime.
 
You have powers you never dreamed of.  You can do things you never thought
you could do. There are no limitations to what you can do except the
limitations of your own mind.
 
Your range of available choices right now is limitless. Look at things as
they can be.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

EIGHTY PERCENT OF SUCCESS IS SHOWING UP

When you're sure you're on the right road to success you don't have to plan
your journey too far ahead.

Don't burden yourself with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar
your progress.
 
You don't need to know all your answers in advance.  Just have a clear idea
of the goal you want to reach.  You can only take one step at a time.
 
Once you muster up the courage to begin, you'll find the courage to
succeed.  It's the job you never start that always takes the longest to
finish.
 
You can have all that you desire if you ACT on your dreams.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

LEADERSHIP IS ACTION NOT POSITION

All successful people became successful,  because they gave some talent or
ability in the service of others.

You can contribute in some way to others, no matter how small your talent.
You too, can become successful.

No one achieves success without being of service.

Successful people don't use others, other people use the successful, for
above all success is of service.

Everyone has to be someone to someone to be anyone. Service is the essence
of success.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

The Invitation - Aretoula Fullam, Ph.D.

The Invitation

 

A woman came out of her house and saw 3 old men with long white beards sitting in her front yard. She did not recognize them. She said "I don't think I know you, but you must be hungry. Please come in and have something to eat." "Is the man of the house home?", they asked. "No", she said. "He's out."

 

"Then we cannot come in", they replied. In the evening when her husband came home, she told him what had happened.

 

"Go tell them I am home and invite them in!" The woman went out and invited the men in. "We do not go into a House together," they replied. "Why is that?" she wanted to know. One of the old men explained: "His name is Wealth," he said pointing to one of his friends, and said pointing to another one, "He is Success, and I am Love." Then he added, "Now go in and discuss with your husband which one of you want in your home." The woman went in and told her husband what was said.

 

Her husband was overjoyed. "How nice!!", he said. "Since that is the case, let us invite Wealth. Let him come and fill our home with wealth!"

 

His wife disagreed. "My dear, why don't we invite Success?" Their daughter-in-law was listening from the other corner of the house. She jumped in with her own suggestion; "Would it not be better to invite Love? Our home will then be filled with love!"

 

"Let us heed our daughter-in-law's advice," said the husband to his wife. "Go out and invite Love to be our guest." The woman went out and asked the 3 old men, "Which one of you is Love? Please come in and be our guest." Love got up and started walking toward the house. The other 2 also got up and followed him. Surprised, the lady asked Wealth and Success: "I only invited Love, Why are you coming in?"

 

The old men replied together: "If you had invited Wealth or Success, the other two of us would've stayed out, but since you invited Love, wherever He goes, we go with him. Wherever there is Love, there is also Wealth and Success!"

 

  

"Love and unselfishness are the pillars of wisdom; with it comes success, health and wealth " - Aretoula Fullam, Ph.D.

PURSUE YOUR DREAMS AND YOU'LL ATTAIN THEM

When you're sure you're on the right road to success you don't have to plan
your journey too far ahead.

Don't burden yourself with doubts and fears as to the obstacles that may bar
your progress.

You don't need to know all your answers in advance. Just have a clear idea
of the goal you want to reach.

You can only take one step at a time. If you can muster up the courage to
begin, you'll find the courage to succeed.

It's the job you never start that always takes the longest to finish.

Eighty percent of success is in showing up.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

SUCCESS IS THE RESULT OF WELL DIRECTED ENERGY

The first rule of success, and one that supersedes all others, is to have
energy.
 
It's important to know how to concentrate it. Focus your energy on important
matters instead of frittering it away on meaningless things.
 
Nothing will add more power to your life then concentrating all your
energies on a limited set of goals.

You must focus the full power of all you are on what you have a burning
desire to achieve if you truly want to be successful.
 
Gather in your resources, rally all your faculties, marshal all your
energies, focus all your capacities upon attaining your objectives.

You must be single minded, and drive for the things you have decided upon.
 
The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU WIN, WHEN YOU AREN'T AFRAID TO LOSE

The difference between great and average is how often you take risks.

Accept risk as a normal part of living. View risk as a part of the process
of exploring your world. Make note of the lessons you learn with each chance
you take and move on.

Forget about the consequences of taking chances. Risk opens you to only a
temporary change in direction that can set you straight for your next
success.

If you're brave enough to risk, to temporarily live outside of your comfort
zone, for a short period of time,  you're big enough to win.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

MAKING CHOICES IS YOUR GREATEST POWER

At any time you can decide to alter the course of your life.
No one can ever take that away from you.

You can do what you want to do and be who you want to be.

Nature is constantly at work around you. Character and destiny are her
handiwork. She gives you love and hate, jealousy and reverence.

You have the power to choose which impulse you follow.

While your character is formed by your circumstances, your desires can shape
those circumstances. The one thing over which you have absolute control are
your own thoughts.

It is this that puts you in a position to control your own destiny.

Your greatest power is the power to choose.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

CHANGE CAN BE A POSITIVE PART OF LIFE

You must avoid breaking when things don't go your way. You'll always be
secure to the degree that you accept change.

True security comes from being able to bend your insecurities.
 
Recognize and accept that change will inevitably take place. You'll become
secure, not by standing still, but by growing, moving, and staying
energized.

Be secure in the knowledge that you can deal with anything
that happens to you.
 
Have the courage to bet on your ideas. Take some calculated risks and act on
your dreams.

There is no permanent security on this earth, there is only opportunity.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

YOUR CHOICES ARE UNLIMITED

You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular
job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship.

You can choose.

You steer the course you choose in the direction of where you want to be
today, tomorrow, or in a distant time to come.

You hold the tiller.

You can decide to alter the course of your life at any time.  No one can
ever take that away from you. You can decide what you want and go after it.

It's always your next move.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU MUST DREAM BIG AND THINK BIG TO BE BIG

High expectation always precedes high achievement.

You're as small as your controlling desires, or as great as your dominant
aspirations.

Once your mind stretches to a new idea it never goes back to its original
dimensions. 

Think little goals and you can expect little achievement.  Think big goals
and you'll win big success.

The first ingredient of your success is to dream a great dream.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU CANNOT FAIL WITH A PLAN

Wanting success isn't sufficient enough to get it.
You have to ask yourself, "What am I going to do to get the things I want?"

Your problem is how to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now
and the goal you intend to reach.

You cannot fail with a definite step by step plan, because each step carries
you along to the next step, like a track.

All you need is the plan, the road map, and the courage to press on to your
destination.

You cannot get lost on a straight road.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU CAN HAVE WHAT YOU DEEPLY DESIRE

You can do anything in this world you want to do, but you must want to do it
badly enough.

You really can have everything you want, if you go after it.
You have to want it.

The first and most important ingredient of success is desire. Do you know
what you want?

Your desire is the planting of your seed.

Your desire for success must be so strong within you that it's the very
breath of your life. It must be your first thought when you wake in the
morning, and your last thought when you go to bed at night.

You can be whatever you make up your mind to be.
Nothing is impossible to a willing heart.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

SUCCESS IS ON YOUR HORIZON

You can start at anytime if you want to be successful.  But you have to
start.

You won't accomplish anything if you wait for all the possible objections to
be overcome. Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear
most.

Don't be afraid to live.  Don't wait for things to change.  Don't wait until
you have more time, until you are less tired, until you get the promotion,
until you settle down, until, until, until.

Don't wait for a major event in your life to occur before you begin to live.

Begin where you are. Work where you are. The hour you are wasting now,
dreaming of some far off success, is crowded with tremendous possibilities.

When you take the first step,  your mind will mobilize all its forces to
assist you.   Once you have started, all that is within and around you will
come to your assistance.

The only way to start down the road to success is to start.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

A GOOD SYSTEM SHORTENS THE ROAD TO YOUR GOAL

Your success will be determined on the drawing board. All you need is a
plan, a road map, and the courage to press on to your destination.

Somewhere there is a map of how it can be done, for at all times, it's
better to have a method.

Planning will bring your future into the present so you can do something
about it now. Find a good system and it will shorten the road to your goal.

Divide your movements into easy to do sections. If you falter or fail,
divide your movements again.

You can't get lost on a straight road.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE MAKE DECISIONS

To control the outcome of anything, you control the action at the point of
decision making.

If you let others make decisions for you, you give up control.
When you control the decisions, you control the actions.
 
It's your life.  You decide what you're going to do with it.
If you don't run your own life, someone else will. You're in control of your
life to the degree that you make decisions.

Take charge of your life, so there is no longer a need to ask
permission of others. When you ask permission, you are giving someone veto
power over your life.

Take control and start making those decisions. Only you are responsible for
your life.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

DREAMS ARE FREE

The beginning of your success lies in your imagination.

Visualize all the things you want in your life.  Make your mental blue print
and then begin to build.
 
You can make your dreams work and produce for you.  Make every thought,
every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a dividend.
 
Your imagination will show you how to turn possibility into reality.  The
will to succeed springs from the knowledge that you can succeed. 

Think of things not as they are, but as they might be.  Don't merely dream,
create.

You can live your dreams.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

EVERY FAILURE IS A STEP CLOSER TO SUCCESS

People who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who
try to do nothing and succeed.

Experiencing failure is inevitable on your journey to be successful.  Each
defeat is merely an installment to victory.
 
You'll find that the number of times you succeed is in direct proportion to
the number of times you fail and keep trying.

You won't be judged by the number of times you fail, but by the number of
times you succeed.
 
Failure is nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something
better.

You can't be a winner and be afraid to lose.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

The most successful people in life are the ones with the best information. 
People with power are people who know how to get things done. 

Knowing how to do something is sometimes virtually the same as having done
it.

Knowledge will come to you when your eyes and mind are always open.  There
is no knowledge that is not power.  Power is the product of understanding.

You'll build the power to accomplish your goals by educating yourself.  This
power comes from knowing how to do something.

In the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

THE SEED OF SUCCESS LIES IN YOUR IMAGINATION

Visualize all the things that you want in life. Then make your mental blue
print, and begin to build.

Your imagination can show you how to turn your possibilities into reality.
 
You must make every thought, every fact, that comes into your mind pay you a
profit. Make those mental images work and produce for you.

Think of things not as they are but as you want them to be.
Don't just dream, be creative.
 
The will to succeed springs from the knowledge that you can succeed.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

THE FIRE OF LIFE IS DESIRE

If you want something badly enough, you're sure to get it.

Your desires will in time externalize themselves into concrete fact.

Obstacles don't matter very much. Pain or other circumstances can be there.
But if you want to do something bad enough, you'll find a way to get it
done.

Your reality forms around your commitment to succeed.
If you're willing to pay the price, your circumstances will change.

You only have to love a thing greatly to get it.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

THINKING BIG PRECEDES BIG ACHIEVEMENT

 
High achievement always takes place in the framework of high expectation.

You'll always hit what you aim for in the long run. So why not aim high?

Have the courage to follow your dreams. It's the first step towards
attaining your destiny.

If you can dream it, you can do it. If you don't have a dream,
how are you going to make it come true?

In order to succeed beyond your wildest expectations, you need some wild
expectations.

 
 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

LOOK AT THINGS AS THEY CAN BE

Your range of available choices right now has no limits. The only limits you
have are in your mind.

You've got it in you to succeed. Just make up your mind and stick with it. 
 
You weren't born with any limits on your powers or any set limits to your
capacity.

At any moment, you have more possibilities than you can act upon.  Imagine
your possibilities and your vision expands.

Capture your dreams in your mind and your life becomes full. Reach out and
touch the limits of your being in your mind. 
 
If you think you can, you can.

 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

YOU'RE ALWAYS IN CHARGE OF YOU

You're the master of your fate and the captain of your soul.

While your character is formed by circumstances, your own desires can do
much to shape those circumstances. Thus, you have the power  over the
formation of your own character.

Nature is always at work around you.  Your character and destiny are her
handiwork.  She gives you love and hate, jealousy and reverence.  You have
the power to choose which impulse you will follow.
 
You can at any time decide to alter the course of your life.  No one can
EVER take that away from you.  The greatest power you possess is the power
to choose.

You're the master of your joys and your sorrows.
 

© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com
 

EVERY WINNER HAS SCARS

Life is made up of a series of experiences. Each one will make you stronger,
even though it may be hard for you to realize it at the time.

Life is your classroom in which you're being tested, tried, and passed.
Always try to stay in the midst of life and activity.  Don't isolate
yourself from the action. Your character develops itself in the stream of
life.
 
The setbacks and hardships you endure actually help you in your march
forward to success.  The world was built to develop your character.
 
Life expects you to make progress in reasonable time.  That's why those
elementary school chairs are so small.

 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com

ALWAYS TRY TO THINK AHEAD

When you think ahead of any approaching action you'll always have the
advantage.  You'll be the winner.
 
Keeping a little ahead of conditions is one of the secrets of business.

The time to repair your roof is when the sun is shining.  Try to do things
before they need to be done.
 
Let your advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.  Position
yourself ahead of time in the best place for you.
 
When you do what is necessary, all the odds are in your favor.  Do the next
thing.

 
© 2010 YourDailyMotivation.com