John C. Maxwell - Master What Matters

Is it becoming rich?

Is it being famous?

Is it having more friends than you can count?

Is it finding the right life partner?

Is it being great at something?

Is it having the perfect job?

Is it not needing to have a job at all?

What would be a successful life for you?

And how can you get there?

For years Ive defined success as:

Knowing your purpose.

Growing to your potential.

Sowing seeds that benefit others.

Does that definition work for you? If so, how can you live that?

By making the right value choices and living them every day!

MOST PEOPLE DONT LEAD THEIR OWN LIVESTHEY ACCEPT THEIR LIVES.

John Kotter

The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their value choices early and manage those choices daily. The earlier you settle these choices in your life, and the longer you live them, the greater your potential for success. If you havent already settled them, then today is the day to do it!

Winning at life is going to bed at night knowing you have done your best and given yourself to the things that matter the most.

I TRY TO DO THE RIGHT THING AT THE RIGHT TIME. THEY MAY JUST BE LITTLE THINGS, BUT USUALLY THEY MAKE THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN WINNING AND LOSING.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

What matters most?

The choices you make every day based on your values.

Focus on today.

See the glass as half-full.

View everyone as a potential friend.

Do what you say youll do.

Put important ahead of urgent.

Give your family your best.

Make yourself better every day.

Think your way to the top.

Never put off your health.

Keep money in perspective.

Make room for faith.

Give more than you take.

Thats my list. Unless you already have a better one, I suggest you begin with this one. Embrace these values and make the choices needed to live them every day, and you will win at life.

Success isnt something you achieve.

Successful is something you are.

For me, winning isnt something that happens suddenly on the field when the whistle blows and the crowds roar. Winning is something that builds physically and mentally every day that you train and every night that you dream.

Emmitt Smith

NICE GUYS MAY APPEAR TO FINISH LAST, BUT USUALLY THEY ARE RUNNING IN A DIFFERENT RACE.

Ken Blanchard and Norman Vincent Peale

Today is the only time you have.

Its too late for yesterday. And you cant depend on tomorrow. You know this. Most people do. But they dont live that way. Their focus is behind them or ahead of them. Neither is helpful. Today is where we need to focus. Today matters. Today is most important. Most of the time, we miss that.

How can you change your mindset?

One today is worth two tomorrows; what I am to be, I am now becoming.

Benjamin Franklin

When I was teaching basketball, I urged my players to try their hardest to improve on that very day, to make that practice a masterpiece. Too often we get distracted by what is outside our control. You cant do anything about yesterday. The door to the past has been shut and the key thrown away. You can do nothing about tomorrow. It is yet to come. However, tomorrow is in large part determined by what you do today. So make today a masterpiece This rule is even more important in life than in basketball.

John Wooden in Wooden: A Lifetime of Observations and Reflections on and off the Court