THE DAILY SPARK

WINNERS

“Losers live in the past.  Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.”

Quote by Denis Waitley – Motivational Speaker 87 years old! (AND… a graduate from the U.S. Naval Academy)

REFLECTION:

  • Do you live in the past?
  • What did you learn from the past that you can use in the present?
  • Make a list of past lessons learned and how they can help you now.
  • How can they pull you to the future you want.

TO ACT

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better abilities or ideas, but the courage that one has to bet on one’s ideas, to take a calculated risk – and to act.

Quote by Maxwell Maltz

He was an American cosmetic surgeon and author of Psycho-Cybernetics, which was a system of ideas that he claimed could improve one’s self-image. In turn, the person would lead a more successful and fulfilling life. Born 1899 Died 1975

REFLECTION:

  • What ideas have you bet on?
  • What calculated risks have you taken?
  • Is there a calculated risk you need to take going forward?
  • What is it?  What can you do “to act?”

HABITS

“We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.”

Quote by Aristotle – Greek Philosopher   Born 385 BC Died 322 BC

REFLECTION:

  • What things do you do repeatedly?
  • Are they good habits or bad habits?
  • Are there any habits you want to:  Stop?  Start?  Continue?
  • Make a list … commit to a new habit (just one) that will support your on the journey to excellence.