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The difference between “wanting something” and “wanting something and willing to pay to get it” is the same as the difference between day and night. A quote from Terry Pearce is applicable to people from all walks of life. Here it is:

“There are many people who think they want to be matadors, only to find themselves in the ring with two thousand pounds of bull bearing down on them, and then discover that what they really wanted was to wear tight pants and hear the crowd roar”

- Terry Pearce

Have a great week ahead!

Via Steve Farber

This was the quote that our Vistage chair Sterling Lanier put up for us in today’s meeting. Can’t disagree with it. Of course, I think we can always add to the list and extend it.

“Great leaders know that everyone needs four things:

1. something to do

2. someone to love

3. something to hope for

4. something to believe in”

- Lou Holtz, Legendary Coach

Have a great evening there!

Dreams don’t have any taxes. So feel free to dream big. If you don’t do anything though, you can only realize your dreams in your dreams

“It takes a person wide awake to make his dreams come true”

- Roger Babson
Investment Banker, Author and Educator

Wish you the very best with your dreams.

 Simple and profound. How are you preparing today for the “wins” that you badly want in your life?

“Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win”

- Bobby Knight

If only everyone understood the lesson from this gem, there would be more caring and love on this earth.

 ”Life is a long lesson in humility”

- James. M. Barrie

Have a great week ahead!

How do you know whether you love an idea or not? Please take the Jean Rostand test

“To love an idea is to love it a little more than one should.“

- Jean Rostand

All the best!

If there is one thing that you can do well when you are building a relationship, think about what you can do to make the other person (in the conversation) feel “good about himself or herself” at the end of your conversation. Lisa Kirk puts this brilliantly as she categorizes people into three types

“A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself”
- Lisa Kirk

Courtesy of Brian Clark of CopyBlogger fame.

 I had a wonderful quote from Buckminister Fuller just yesterday and I found this gem today.

Think about it in the context of your own life. What forces are you fighting today? Which of those forces can you use them for your own advantage?

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“Don’t fight forces. Use them”

- Buckminister Fuller 

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I got (or stole, really) this one from an email from Terry at PSVillage. I am a big fan of Buckminister Fuller and his work. This simple quote from him is about focusing on WIIFT (What’s in it for them). I wish everyone followed a simple rule of  keeping

WIIFT > WIIFM

Enjoy the quote

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“If you devote your time and attention to the highest advantage of others, the Universe will support you, always and only in the nick of time.”

–Buckminister Fuller, inventor and architect of the Geodesic Dome

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If I had just understood this quote and internalized it when I started my first company almost a decade ago, I would have had a more peaceful “first-time entrepreneur” experience.

Enjoy the quote and have a great week ahead!

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“It is awfully important to know what is and what is not your business”

- Gertrude Stein

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