Quotes About Motivation

Sometimes, to ensure that a talented individual will work for you, or will stay working with you, you need to be flexible. Money is not always the great motivator here. Talented people want a good salary, of course, but surprisingly often they are more attracted to new opportunities and challenges.

You do not need to be clever. You do not even need to be that adept. You need only a little cunning and massive determination to become rich. Providing you can pay much cleverer but risk-averse people properly, and promote them and lead them in such a way that they are all rowing in the same direction, they will sign on to your little ship.

Not everyone works to get rich. In fact, most people do not. But almost everyone wishes to be respected. With promotion comes respect. And with delegation comes promotion. If your company is young and a bit rickety, meritocracy, delegation and promotion are the bricks and mortar that will make it stronger. Do

Employees respect a boss who knows the difference between the mundane and the exceptional. Remember that not all employees respond well to incentive bonuses or a dangled carrot of any kind. They seek recognition, not bribery. 7.

You don't want people to apply to work for you because of the salaries on offer – they should be driven by other desires. But if a salary isn't commensurate with the market, potential winners will not be able to afford to work for you.

There is absolutely nothing more likely to dampen the prospects of becoming rich than a nice, fat, regular salary check.

It is not that pearls fetch a high price because men have dived for them. On the contrary, men dive for them because they fetch a high price.

There are many things we do not want about the world. Let us not just mourn them. Let us change them.

There were periods of my life when a lot of people didn't believe in me. I still had faith in myself. I really had to ask myself life questions. Where do I see myself in five years? Create a ladder for yourself, and walk up the steps. Climb that ladder.

Méfie-toi : celui qui se montre, c'est qu'il a envie de se faire voir, donc de se cacher. (p. 21)

Igual que el hábito no hace al monje, el motivo tampoco hace al emprendedor.

If I don't have pressure, I don't function.

I think a lie with a purpose is wan iv th' worst kind an' th' mos' profitable.

If it's important to you, you will find a way. If not, you'll find an excuse.

The scientific name for this pacing mechanism is anticipatory regulation. Its output is a continuously refreshed, intuition-like feeling for how to adjust one's effort in order to get to the finish line as quickly as possible. Its inputs are perception of effort, motivation, knowledge of the distance left to be covered, and past experience.

People without hope not only don't write novels, but what is more to the point, they don't read them.

My parents owned a soul food diner. It inspired me to go to culinary school.

i have no point in procrastinating any longer..

I have to force myself even to move my eyeballs. It's so easy just to stare.

I love working with kids, talking with them and listening to them. I always encourage kids to reach beyond their dreams. Don't try to be like me. Be better than me.

Ignite the mind's spark to rise the sun in you

You will be a failure, until you impress the subconscious with the conviction you are a success. This is done by making an affirmation which 'clicks.'

Make an affirmation immediately upon waking.

Man should watch himself hourly to detect if his motive for action is fear or faith.