Success
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Young at Heart
Are you young at heart? It matters if you want a quality life as you age. Listen to Sinatra’s recording whenever you need a reminder. — Sakfucius
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Recipe
Rainmakers follow a well-honed recipe for success, which is only 1/10th product knowledge. Hire great chefs, not ingredient specialists. — Sakfucius
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Absolute Certainty
One key difference between an average salesman and a rainmaker is projecting absolute confidence and certainty that the product or service on offer will delight the customer. — Sakfucius
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Blame Never
Blame never works because blame only leads to fight or flight, not rational, logical, constructive improvement. — Sakfucius
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Meritocracy
If you want top performers to stay and thrive, set up a system that rewards individual results handsomely. Meritocracy drives superior capitalism. — Sakfucius
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Relentless
Do you want to be the best? The best never settle for the status quo, relentlessly striving to improve week over week.
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Energy Levels
Are you low on energy and enthusiasm? Chances are you are not actively pursuing goals that you are passionate about. — Sakfucius
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Communication
Since the most successful people are usually great at effective communication, what are you doing to improve? Hint: Listening is top of the list. — Sakfucius
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Risky
Many of the people who think trying something is risky don’t realize doing nothing is risky too. — Sakfucius
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Proactive
What would happen if you wholeheartedly decided that you love change? What happens when you are all in while everyone else resists change?. — Sakfucius
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Overnight Success
Do you really think most overnight successes didn’t burn the midnight oil? Don’t daydream your primetime away. — Sakfucius
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Excuses
Don’t make excuses because they are the silent killers of your dreams. — Sakfucius
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Targets
What a person truly wants and believes success is, changes over time. Too often, we keep chasing yesterday’s goal. Recalibrate. — Sakfucius
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Covey
Covey was right when he observed that the main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing. It’s rare, it’s hard, but it’s possible. — Sakfucius
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Life Design
Either design your life’s plan or someone else will do it for you. — Sakfucius
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Interviewing
Take your time and always ask the why behind each question if you want to land great recruits. Discern a person’s goals, logic, and attitude, not her history. — Sakfucius
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Sacrifice
Exceedingly few succeed without sacrifice. Do what it takes. — Sakfucius
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Too Many Options
We all want options, but too many options often means a person doesn’t commit fully to their current pursuit. Home run success requires 100% commitment. — Sakfucius
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Stratospheric Lifegoals
Many aim for a top 1% of 1% goal but few become NFL or Hollywood stars. Set your dream goal, but work on an 80% chance backup goal too. — Sakfucius
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Alone is Limiting
The sooner you master asking for help, and the sooner you learn to offer help often, the better your chances of outsized success. — Sakfucius
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Sharpen your Axe 1.0
Don’t spend your weeks trying to chop down trees without sharpening your axe. Invest time to improve yourself, week in and week out. — Sakfucius
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Solve a Pain
Success in business starts and ends with solving someone’s pain. The greater the pain, the more valuable the business. — Sakfucius
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Want to Lead?
A leader is not a leader until someone publicly endorses and follows her. Cultivate those first endorsements with care and zeal. — Sakfucius
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All Star
Competence can make you good, but confidence is the difference between good and great. — Sakfucius
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True Leadership
Leadership is not about doing great things and gaining the accolades. The essence of leadership is getting the best out of others so they accomplish great things. — Sakfucius
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Bursts
99% of success happens because of your habits, your routines, not motivated bursts. — Sakfucius
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Sharpen your Axe 3.0
Most don’t realize that 80% of your memory capability is a learned skill, not a born trait? How much better could you become if you practiced proven techniques? — Sakfucius
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Choices on the Journey
Top decile success is rarely because of genetic strength, speed, best grades, or looks. Success comes to those who choose a life of integrity, initiative, and optimism. — Sakfucius
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Success
Success comes to the patient who stay focused for long periods of struggle. Patience is the magic ingredient. — Sakfucius
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Parenting
The day your child accepts your unsolicited and unwanted advice — graciously and thoughtfully — is the day you learn that he or she has become an adult. — Sakfucius
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Limits
What if your greatest limitations are just in your own mind? If you believe you can, you will have the courage to try. — Sakfucius
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Sharpen Axe 2.0
In modern times, your mind is your axe. What steps are you doing to sharpen it? — Sakfucius
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Confidence
Can you find the mindset where you will be perfectly happy and fine if they don’t like you? — Sakfucius
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Value Add
Are you paid for your brain or your brawn? What differentiates your contribution? The path to earn more than most is unique, appreciated value add. — Sakfucius
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Memorable
To be memorable, you have to be different. — Sakfucius
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Swing Thought
What’s your last thought before you take action? That visualization has a profound effect on the outcome. —Sakfucius
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Merit Pay
Avoid getting paid by the hour. When you get paid by outcomes, the value, quality, and effort for both sides skyrockets. — Sakfucius
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Nine Sunny Hours
Pitch ideas in the morning, preferably on a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday. People are twice as open and positive during those nine hours each week. — Sakfucius
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Don’t Work
Do not work where they do not recognize your value. There are always options. — Sakfucius
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Optimism not Optional
Optimism is absolutely required to grow, to prosper, to succeed, to really live. — Sakfucius
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Fortune
Decide to be bold as you walk out the door this morning. Attitude is lighter fluid on your campfire. Audentes fortuna iuvat. — Sakfucius
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Quality of Life
The quality of your life is in direct proportion to your level of commitment to pursue excellence. Commit fully to your goals. — Sakfucius
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Call of Duty
Success has a thread that keeps it from unraveling. Embrace your duties as a parent, spouse, son, daughter, employee, servant, friend, or leader with generosity and enthusiasm. — Sakfucius
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Fabulous
Why be average when you can choose to become outstanding. Fabulous is up to you. — Sakfucius
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Optimism
Optimism is not optional if one wants to love, live large, and prosper. — Sakfucius
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Top One Percent
One out of a hundred will become a top one percent success. Why not you? — Sakfucius
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Expectations
Expect to win and you have a chance. Expect success. — Sakfucius
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Ask
Many sit silent. If you don’t know something, just ask. The world loves an honest person. — Sakfucius
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Never Embarrased
Sheep worry about what their herd thinks. Eagles don’t care. Be bold, be daring, live out loud. — Sakfucius
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90/10 Rule
Your life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you respond to it. — Sakfucius
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Only the Wise
Only the wise recognize good advice and follow it when it doesn’t fit their preconceived notions. — Sakfucius
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Visualize Succeeding
When challenged, visualize yourself succeeding. A clear picture of victory in your mind’s eye fuels success while reducing stress. — Sakfucius
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Luck
Luck happens much more often when you invest time being prepared. — Sakfucius
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So Few Publish
Publishing is now effectively free. Why not publish your best thoughts, your best work, for all to see? — Sakfucius
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Mojo
Without confidence, people are unlikely to take the risk, to take the initiative. What chances have you taken this year? — Sakfucius
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Use Time Well
Time is limited. Learn to say “no” to distractions from your chosen mission, diplomatically and adroitly, to maintain your momentum. — Sakfucius
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Entitlement is a Cancer
You don’t deserve anything. You must earn it while realizing that life is sometimes unfair. Stay positive, go forth, and earn it daily. — Sakfucius
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Be the Tortoise
98.6% of success in life is accomplished by tortoises, not hares. Be the slow and steady tortoise. — Sakfucius
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Sum of Habits
Your success trajectory comes down to your habits. Be mindful and build superior daily and weekly habits. — Sakfucius
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Accurate Awareness
You can’t make deft decisions unless you have an accurate awareness of the world around you. — Sakfucius
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Greatness on the Edge
To make greatness happen, live a bit on the edge and don’t always play it safe. — Sakfucius
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Clear in Minds Eye
If you imagine your future in high definition detail, you will make decisions to make it your reality. — Sakfucius
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Break Missions
Break every important mission into milestones and reasonable target dates. — Sakfucius
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W.I.N. Over Stress
When you focus only on What’s Important Now (W.I.N.), your stress about the far off future fades. — Sakfucius
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Not Yet
Two of the best words to use when someone questions your progress are “not yet.” Not yet also works when you question yourself. — Sakfucius
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Be Adaptive
It is not the smartest or strongest who survives and thrives, but rather the one who adapts. — Sakfucius
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Life and Fairness
Some days you will do everything just right, and fail. Life is not fair but get right back in the saddle tomorrow. — Sakfucius
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Passion Inside
Do you want to lead, create, or win? The level of genuine, unwavering, inner enthusiasm that you have for your mission will determine your success. — Sakfucius
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Choose Optimism
Choose optimism and you will have a much greater chance of greatness. Belief and tenacity go hand in hand. — Sakfucius
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Goals Achieved
Don’t just make a list of goals, without a clear “why” too. A crystal clear “why” is the rocket fuel for getting goals to the finish line. — Sakfucius
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Belief and your Ceiling
Do you truly believe that you can do anything and everything that you decide to do? – Sakfucius
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What is Your Backup Plan
Always have, test out, and bring your backup plan to every important event. — Sakfucius