19 Quotes For Determination

 

Are you feeling stuck or blocked from moving forward with your goals or in your life? Let these 19 quotes help you find the determination to keep going:

1. “The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand” – Vince Lombardi

2. “An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men” – Thomas Fuller

3. “Enclose your heart in times of need with the steel of your determination and your strength. In doing this, all things will be bearable” – Lora Leigh

4. “Energy and persistence conquer all things” – Benjamin Franklin

5. “Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves” – Dale Carnegie

6. “Perseverance is failing 19 times and succeeding the 20th” – Julie Andrews

7. “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can't accept not trying” – Michael Jordan

8. “Only those who risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go” – T.S. Eliot

9. “Sometimes, just carrying on is the superhuman achievement” – Albert Camus

10. “Perseverance is the hard work you do after you get tired of doing the hard work you already did” – Newt Gingrich

11. “Never give up. That is just the place and time that the tide will turn” – Harriet Beecher Stowe

12. “Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something, and that this thing, at whatever cost, must be attained” – Marie Curie

13. “My motto was always to keep swinging. Whether I was in a slump or feeling badly or having trouble off the field, the only thing to do was keep swinging” - Hank Aaron

14. “Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity” – Louis Pasteur

15. “Perseverance is a great element of success. If you only knock long enough and loud enough at the gate, you are sure to wake up somebody” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

16. “It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer” – Albert Einstein

17. “A failure is like fertilizer; it stinks to be sure, but it makes things grow faster in the future” – Denis Waitley

18. “Many of the great achievements of the world were accomplished by tired and discouraged men who kept on working” – Oscar Wilde

19. “Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible” – Lord Chesterfield

Your Passion Is Your Gift

 

In this video, entrepreneur, media proprietor and investor Jeff Bezos, widely known as the founder, executive chairman, and former president and CEO of Amazon, and previously the wealthiest person in the world, informs us that we don’t get to pick our passions, instead, they pick us. When you find your passion, it gives you purpose and direction in your life. Jeff Bezos also states that many people find out over time what their passions are, but they let their intellectual selves overrule those passions.

Most people are looking for meaning in their lives, and to know that they’re doing something meaningful and interesting.

Jeff Bezos also encourages people to be bold and to make bold bets. Whilst this can often result in failures, the few big successes will compensate for the many failures.

Jeff Bezos offers two pieces of advice that you can put into action right now:

1. Project yourself to age 80 and look back on your life, and try to make sure you’ve minimised the number of regrets you have.

2. Always take a long-term point of view. There is a great expanse of time ahead of you, so make sure you’re planning with that in mind so that you’re ultimately left satisfied with your life.

“There are a lot of paths to satisfaction and you need to find one that works for you”

- Jeff Bezos

5 Simple Steps For Knowing What You Want And Making It Happen!

 

How do you feel your life is going? What about your business or job? How about your finances and relationships?

Are you finding your life, your business or job, finances or your relationships are stagnating? Do you feel stuck in a rut and have found yourself simply struggling getting through the day? Do you find some areas of your life boring and going nowhere, or even going backwards? Are you having trouble being positive about your life, your business or job, your finances or your relationships?

If you’re not experiencing joy and abundance in an area of your life, then you need to make some changes!

The way to live a satisfying life is to simply dream up the things that you want to be, do and have, and then make them happen. Whilst this is a simple statement, it doesn’t always seem easy and a lot of people fail to put it into practice because it seems like hard work!

To help you put this into practice, follow the five quick and easy steps below. These will help you to start getting your mindset tuned into what you want in life and making it happen!

Before you start, find yourself a quiet, comfortable location where you won’t be disturbed. Grab yourself a pen and some paper as you’ll need to write some things down. Although you can do these steps digitally, I’d strongly recommend writing them down as it will help you to get the ideas out of your head and externalise them.

Step 1: Brainstorm ideas

Take ten to fifteen minutes and write down all the things you'd like to have, be or do. Don’t worry about whether what you want to have, be or do is practical or whether you can, or how you’re going to, achieve these things. For example, if you'd like to go overseas on holidays for twelve months - don't stop and think whether you can afford it, or whether you can take the time off work.

Simply write down whatever you want. Be open to any possibility and don’t evaluate or question what you’re writing. We’ll look at evaluating what you want during a later step. This step is simply to get you to write down all the things that you'd like to do, be or have, assuming that anything was possible and there was nothing that could stop you from doing it.

Step 2: Prioritise your ideas

When you’ve finished brainstorming, you should have a nice list of the things that you’d like to do, be or have. Your next step is to review your list and sort it into priority order. Prioritise your list in order of how important or desirable they are to you.

As with the first step, it’s important that you don’t evaluate any of the items whilst you’re ranking them.

Number the items from the things that you want the most to the things that you want the least (1 being the most desirable or important to you).

Step 3: Evaluate your ideas

Once you’ve prioritised your list from the most desirable to the least desirable, look at the top three items on your list and ask yourself the question: "What’s stopping me from doing, being or having these things?”

Writing down the reasons you’ve come up with will help you to clarify what might be preventing you from achieving your top three desires. For example, if your number one choice is to go overseas for twelve months, your reasons for not being able to do so could be something like: “I can't afford it”, “I won’t be given the time off work”, “I can’t leave my family or friends for that long”, or “What if I don't like it when I get there?”

Spend some time on this step. Whilst you’ll probably come up with a few obvious answers quickly, spending some time to really think about what could be preventing you from doing the top three items on your list will help you to uncover some interesting (and deeply rooted) reasons.

If something in your top 3 items is actually unachievable for you when you really look into it, then go to the fourth item on your list, and evaluate that, and so on, until you have your top 3 achievable goals.

Step 4: Create an action plan

Once you’ve identified your top 3 achievable goals, your next step is to create an action plan.

Your action plan will take your end goal and look at the necessary steps that you’ll need to take to achieve that goal.

If it’s a big or long-term goal, it can help if you identify smaller targets that will help let you know that you’re going in the right direction and give you smaller wins along the way. Once you’ve identified the smaller targets, you can identify the actions that you think you’ll need to take to achieve these targets. Don’t worry too much about the actions and targets in the future. You can refine these as you start to make progress on the earlier targets and you start to get feedback on the actions you’ve taken.

When creating an action plan, it can help to find someone who has already achieved what you’re going after (or something similar), as they’ll have a very good idea of the actions that you’ll likely need to take. But don’t worry if you can’t find someone, set actions that you think will be necessary and the feedback that you receive will give you a good idea of what the next actions you’ll likely need to take are.

Step 5: Take action

If you don’t take action, you’ll still be in the same place in the future that you are now. A rough action plan followed up with action will always be more effective at helping you to achieve your goals than waiting for the perfect action plan, or having an action plan that isn’t acted upon.

Don’t spend too long worrying about whether the action that you take will give the best result, or waiting until the circumstances are perfect. This will just end up with you procrastinating and putting off taking action. The best time to take action is always NOW! Remember, your aim should be for ‘progress not perfection’. The feedback you get from taking action will be far more valuable in helping you to achieve your goals than waiting until you’ve identified the right action or for the circumstances to be perfect.

Top 10 Traits Of Highly Successful People

 

If you study highly successful people, you’ll notice that they all share common traits. Below are 10 traits that you’ll find shared amongst successful people:

1. Successful people work hard! They get on with the task at hand and rarely complain. Whilst they expect a high level of performance from others, they expect an extraordinary level of performance from themselves. Repeated, high-level success starts with a recognition that hard work pays off.
2. They’re incredibly curious and eager to learn. They study and ask questions – all the time! They have a desire to learn. Successful people don’t just study and then do nothing though, they apply or take advantage of what they’ve learnt. Repeated success isn’t about memorising information, it’s about being able to take the information and create, build, or apply it in new, different and important ways. Successful people want to learn everything about what’s relevant to their goals and what they’re trying to achieve.
3. They network. They know lots of people, and they know lots of different kinds of people. They listen to a wide range of people so that they can get a wider opinion on topics, which helps them to make better informed decisions. Whilst they have a large network, they don’t have to be the centre of attention. Most successful people prefer to listen as that’s where they see the value in a conversation to be. They value people, their experiences and the relationships they offer. Successful people have an address book full of people who value their relationship.
4. They’re constantly working on themselves and never quit! Whilst people who find their successes easy to come by, or who are handed their successes, may not feel the need to work on themselves, truly successful people do. They work on themselves, their personality, their leadership skills, management skills, and every other detail of their lives constantly. When they face a challenge or set-back, they look for the learning experience or positive aspect of the event and will use it to help spring-board them to the next level. Successful people don’t tolerate flaws; they fix them!
5. Successful people are extraordinarily creative. They go around asking questions and looking for solutions. Instead of being limited by perceived restrictions or difficulties, successful people will ask "Why not?". They see new combinations, new possibilities, new opportunities and challenges where others only see problems or limitations. They ask for advice, try things out, consult experts and amateurs, they’re always looking for a better, faster and cheaper solution. Successful people create things!
6. They are self-reliant and take responsibility. Incredibly successful people don’t worry about blame, look to make excuses, or waste time complaining. They make decisions and move on. Extremely successful people take the initiative and accept the responsibilities of success.
7. Successful people are usually relaxed and keep their perspective. Even in times of stress or turmoil, highly successful people keep their balance, they know the value of timing, humour, and patience. They rarely panic or make decisions on impulse. Successful people have techniques that can help them to remain calm, particularly during stressful or negative events. They ask questions and make sound decisions, even in the middle of a crisis.
8. Successful people live in the present moment. They know that "Now" is the only time they can control. They are able to be present in the moment and have the ability to look people in the eye, listen to what is being said in a conversation, enjoy a meal, another person’s company, or an activity that they’re doing. They never seem rushed, yet they get a lot done! They recognise the value of time and take full advantage of each day. Successful people don’t waste time, they use it!
9. Successful people "look over the horizon" to see the future. They observe trends, notice changes in markets or attitudes, and hear the nuances that other people miss. This allows them to recognise and take advantage of opportunities that other people may miss or see too late to gain significantly from them. Successful people live in the present, with one eye on the future!
10. Consistently successful people respond instantly! When an investment isn’t working out, they sell. When they see an opportunity, they take advantage of it. If an important relationship is cooling down, they take time to renew it. When technology or a new competitor or a change in the economic situation requires an adjustment, they are the first and quickest to respond. Successful people don’t overthink their decisions. They make a decision and take action.

These traits work best together in combination, giving consistently successful people a huge advantage. Because they are insatiable learners, they can respond wisely to change and make well-informed decisions. Because their personal relationships are strong, they have good advisors, and a reserve of goodwill when things do go bad. And finally, successful people weren’t born with these traits! They can be learned! They are free and they are skills that you can learn and use. So, start applying them in your life right now!