“Say no to anything that is not a high-value use of your time and your life.”

“Josh Billings once wrote, “It ain’t what a man knows what hurts him. It’s what he knows what ain’t true.”

“The very act of visualizing yourself performing at your best prior to any event or activity will improve your performance.”

“Make a decision today that, from now on, you are going to eliminate all the “if only’s” from your life.”

“It doesn't matter where you are coming from. All that matters is where you are  going.”

Valuing Yourself and Your Needs (As a Parent): This is about taking care of your OWN needs as a parent because when you consistently put yourself last to be taken care of and habitually continue to sacrifice your basic necessities to make everyone else happy…Essentially, what you’re teaching your children is that they’re here to be of service to others, then themselves. In other words, you’re teaching them to take advantage of you and use you as they please, which in turn communicates to them that they’re most likely to be used. To prevent this from happening, you need to set consistent limits that protect you from demands that could be overbearing and unfair. That way, you’re communicating that your basic needs are just as important as theirs. It’s true…often times parents that are constantly sacrificing themselves are idealized and praised by other parents. You know… the ones that have no hobbies, no friends and no avenue of enjoyment. Is this really desirable? Parents constantly stressed about the needs of others in the family are usually irritable, and unmotivated to try anything new, fun or exciting. How can parents do this long term with no outlet? Instead, us parents need to enjoy ourselves and focus on being re-energized. When you take good care of yourself, you provide the means to take better care of your children. Going out to dinner or cocktails, trips to the gym 3 or 4 times a week, date night with your spouse or even some alone time reading or going for a walk allows you to be a more productive, interested and patient parent.”

“What excites you? What do you do well? What can you do better? In short what does success mean to you?”

“Goals are the fuel in the furnace of achievement.”

“If there is an effect in your life that you want more of, you merely need to trace it back to the causes and repeat the causes. If there is an effect in your life that you do not enjoy, you need to trace it back to the causes and get rid of them.”

“The Law of Forced Efficiency says, “There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important things.”

“Awareness is the starting point of every quest and the outcome of every journey.”

“The more credit you give away, the more will come back to you. The more you  help others, the more they will want to help you.”

“One of the very worst uses of time is to do something very well that need not to be done at all.”

“Whatever you believe, with feeling, becomes your reality.”

“Self-discipline is the ability to do what you should do, when you should do it, whether you feel like it or not.”