Denis Waitley Quotes

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• The winner's edge is not in a gifted birth, a high IQ, or in talent. The winner's edge is all in the attitude, not aptitude.…
• Virtually nothing on earth can stop a person with a positive attitude who has his goals clearly in sight.
• Don't wait for an employer, friend, or mentor to show appreciation for your work. Take pride in your own efforts on a daily basis.
• Procrastination is the fear of success. People procrastinate because they are afraid of the success that they know will result if they move ahead now.…
• You must continue to gain expertise, but avoid thinking like an expert.
• Our limitations and success will be based, most often, on your own expectations for ourselves. What the mind dwells upon, the body acts upon.
• Determination gives you the resolve to keep going in spite of the roadblocks that lay before you.
• Expect the best, plan for the worst, and prepare to be surprised.
• Winning is beginning. And just by beginning, your game is half won.
• The greatest communication skill is paying value to others.
• A good life is a collection of happy memories.
• The winners in life treat their body as if it were a magnificent spacecraft that gives them the finest transportation and endurance for their lives.
• Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now.
• Goals provide the energy source that powers our lives. One of the best ways we can get the most from the energy we have is…
• Don't ever let economic alone determine your career or how you spend the majority of your time.
• Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.
• Out of need springs desire, and out of desire springs the energy and the will to win.
• Don't be a time manager, be a priority manager. Cut your major goals into bite-sized pieces. Each small priority or requirement on the way to…
• Life is inherently risky. There is only one big risk you should avoid at all costs, and that is the risk of doing nothing.
• The easiest thing to do in the world is to neglect the important and give in to the urgent.

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