Paul J. Meyer

Productivity is never an accident. It is always the result of a commitment to excellence, intelligent planning, and focused effort.

Goal setting is the most important aspect of all improvement and personal development plans. It is the key to all fulfillment and achievement.

Enter every activity without giving mental recognition to the possibility of defeat. Concentrate on your strengths, instead of your weaknesses... on your powers, instead of your problems.

Enthusiasm glows, radiates, permeates and immediately captures everyone's interest.

Communication - the human connection - is the key to personal and career success.

Instead of letting the hard times get me down, I've learned to keep going at to look for the hidden good.

We are what we think we are - not what we appear to be on the outside.

Life is a painting, and you are the artist. You have on your palette all the colors in the spectrum - the same ones available to Michaelangelo and DaVinci.

Crystallize your goals. Make a plan for achieving them and set yourself a deadline. Then, with supreme confidence, determination and disregard for obstacles and other people's criticisms, carry out your plan.

What you fill your mind with is eventually translated into the words you speak, and then your words create action.

Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action.

If you are fearful, choose courage. If you frequently procrastinate, choose to take action now. If you have always waited for others to lead, use your own initiative.