Action Quote by Tom Rath

“Sadly, most of us often prefer immediately gratifying short-term experiences over our long-term objectives.* We routinely behave as if sometime in the future, we…

— Dan Ariely

“The problem is that the payoff or instant gratification derived from bad habits often far outweighs what’s going on in your rational mind concerning…

— Darren Hardy

When we take time to notice the things that go right - it means we're getting a lot of little rewards throughout the day.

— Martin Seligman

We often put off doing something for as long as possible, then as we finally make the decision and step into the action, we're…

— Robert McKee

When we do things that are controlling, whether intentional or not, we are not going to get those long-term outcomes.

— Alfie Kohn

Whatever advantage we snatch beyond a certain portion allotted us by at nature, is like money spent before it is due, which, at the…

— Samuel Johnson

“If you don’t feel rewarded by doing small steps and making gradual improvements, then you’ll rarely stick with something long enough to feel the…

— Derek Doepker

I know if I persist it will pay back in dividends and it always does. What starts to happen is like exercise, the pain…

— Simon Sinek

It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities.

— William Penn

Some habits of ineffectiveness are rooted in our social conditioning toward quick-fix, short-term thinking.

— Stephen Covey

It gives us more flexibility, so we can do more, but it also creates the expectation of the instant response. It can take away…

— Ellen Galinsky

Impatience makes us get ahead of ourselves, reaching out for something in the future and not really being content with where we are, here…

— David Steindl-Rast