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Friday, January 02, 2004

 

Successful people do their real work first and then clean up when time permits. But chances are that when they finish their important work there isn't time enough for most of the unimportant bits and pieces. So those items get tossed in the garbage and at no great loss.

Imagine. There are legions of people struggling to be successful doing the very work successful people throw out!

Ken Blanchard
Big Bucks!

Thursday, January 01, 2004

 

Lucky people are more relaxed and open, and therefore see what is there rather than just what they are looking for. My research eventually revealed that lucky people generate good fortune via four principles:

They are skilled at creating and noticing chance opportunities, make lucky decisions by listening to their intuition, create self-fulfilling prophesies via positive expectations, and adopt a resilient attitude that transforms bad luck into good.

Prof. Richard Wiseman
The Loser's Guide to Getting Lucky

Wednesday, December 31, 2003

 

Time has to enter into every move you make. Getting done whatever you have to do now and not one hour from now or even ten minutes from now is often the difference between being a winner and being an also-ran.

Successful people may be very different, but they all share two characteristics:

First, they have a mania about getting important things done. Second, they are persistent.


Ken Blanchard
Big Bucks!

Tuesday, December 30, 2003

 

Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing.

Oliver Wendell Holmes

Monday, December 29, 2003

 

The difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the same as that between lightning and the lightning bug.

Mark Twain