Quotes About Motivation

You are willing to work hard, but you want something with flexible hours. You have a baby on the way. Also, you're sick of bosses. You want to be your own boss, but you don't have much money to start a business.

He pulls on a bathrobe and throws on his running shoes, which haven't gotten much mileage on them of late.

En fråga jag har tänkt en hel del på är varför det är så mycket enklare att skriva om det vi ogillar/inte tå/inte tycker håller måttet än det som vi älskar (s. 247).

We do things without knowing entirely why, just because our heart tells us that we must" -Theo

So the ultimate winner in the game of business is not necessarily the person with the most power or the most money or the most fame. Rather it's the person who loves his or her work.....

Passion is the genesis of genius.

One more lap, Denny! One more lap! Faster!

Get busy mother f---er!

Intention is everything.

Faster, the wind presses against my face as I run, faster, I feel my heart beating wildly and I bark twice to tell him, to tell everyone in the world, to say faster! I bark twice so he knows, so he remembers. What I want now is what I've always wanted. One more lap, Denny! One more lap! Faster!

a racer should not be afraid of rain; a racer should embrace the rain.

a racer will never let something that has already happened affect what is happening now.

reasons and two reasons only. One, because

When a girl holds a rose up to you, you run better, let me tell you.

In short: Write the way people think. Nike knew what it was doing when it coined the slogan "Just do it." Grammatically, this phrase makes no sense. Your high-school English teacher would scold the copywriter for not being clear about the antecedent for "it.

There's no secret about what drives engagement. From Douglas McGregor's The Human Side of Enterprise to Dan Pink's Drive, the formula hasn't changed in sixty years: purpose, autonomy, collegiality, and the opportunity to grow.

There's no secret about what drives engagement. From Douglas McGregor's The Human Side of Enterprise to Dan Pink's Drive, the formula hasn't changed in sixty years: purpose, autonomy, collegiality, and the opportunity to grow. Unfortunately, engagement levels haven't changed much either. It seems that every generation rediscovers the essential elements of human engagement and then does nothing.

The engagement deficit isn't about what people do at work, but how they're managed. In Gallup's research, 70 percent of the variation in engagement scores was explained by differences in the attitudes and behaviors of the employee's boss.11 For example, employees who felt they could approach their boss with any type of question were more engaged than those who couldn't.

Find a job you love and make a difference.

7. Be willing to do whatever it takes to get the job done. If your job doesn't excite you enough to follow this principle, resign and find a job you love enough to do what it takes.

When we know something that needs to be done but isn't currently getting done, we often say, "I just need more discipline." Actually, we need the habit of doing it. And we need just enough discipline to build the habit.

only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with.

Thinking big is essential to extraordinary results. Success requires action, and action requires thought. But here's the catch—the only actions that become springboards to succeeding big are those informed by big thinking to begin with. Make this connection, and the importance of how big you think begins to sink in.

Purpose is the straightest path to power and the ultimate source of personal strength—strength