75 Blog Quotes For Inspiration, Creativity & Success

I’m a huge fan of quotes.

I feel that if they’re read & pondered daily – their ideals will soon become evident in our lives – and we’ll internalize them.

Many quotes, I feel, are perfectly applicable to bloggers & their blogs.

“Your blog is your unedited version of yourself.” – Lorelle

I’ve started this collection of quotes as a motivator for making yourself, your blog & your writing more successful, inspired & creative.

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You Can Win

1. WE DON’T HAVE BUSINESS PROBLEMS WE HAVE PEOPLE PROBLEMS.

When we take care of our people problems, most of our business problems are automatically resolved.

2. WHENEVER A PERSON SAYS I CANNOT DO THIS HE IS REALLY SAYING TWO THINGS.

1. Either I don’t know how to do it - which becomes a technical training education issue

OR

2. I don’t want to do it – in this case he is really saying two things again
   
   
   1. Either I don’t care to do it - that’s an attitude issue
      OR
   2. I feel strongly enough not to do it - which becomes a value issue

ATTITUDE - Increase productivity and profit by developing a ‘Can do Attitude’.

We have asked many decision makers this one question.
“If there was one thing that would make your organization more productive what would that be?”

Pretty much everyone came back with one word ATTITUDE. They said if our people have better attitude we would have a better teamwork, quality and bottom line would go up.

How come under the same set of circumstances some people break records while others break themselves.

OUR ATTITUDE

Everyone wants to climb the ladder to success only to find that the ladder is leaning against the wrong building.

There are customer service and selling skills programs that teach, "How to say please, thankyou, and smile". The big question comes how long can we keep a fake smile. Besides people can see through people, can’t they? If the smile is not sincere it is irritating, isn’t it? That means we need to have substance over form, not form over substance.

Unlike most professionals who keep telling others,
What to do,
We take an approach
Why don’t you,
because we believe most people already know what to do.

If you ask the person on the street they will give you all the right answers. Ask them,
are they doing it?
Probably not.

What’s missing is the MOTIVATION; the big question is,
can we motivate people?
Absolutely not

What we can do is, we can inspire people to motivate themselves.Inspiration is thinking whereas motivation is action. I cannot act for you; you have to act for yourselves. When thinking changes it starts reflecting in behaviour. Which is more lasting, and that’s what people are looking for, aren't they?

Two major questions:

1. Why do people get de-motivated?
2. Who or what motivates the Motivator?

I.T. certainly has increased the speed of communication no doubt, but unless people know how to and what to communicate, they will only miscommunicate a lot faster, won’t they? Guess what is the cost of miscommunication faster? It is horrendous, isn't it?

Self-esteem is the way we feel about ourselves. When we feel good, the world looks nice, productivity goes up and relationships are a lot better. The reverse is just as true. Self-esteem is inversely related to egos.

Have you seen people with egos like,
I know it all.

What do they do?
They talk down to others,don't they? They put down others,don't they? They look down upon others and every decision they make is more to satisfy ego than make sense.

Question is, why does a human being put down another human being? It is sadistic but true there are some people in this world who feel good when the other person feels bad.

There is another kind of ego which is 'FRAGILE EGO’ - where any thing you say, I take it personally and get hurt. What do both these egos do to teamwork? - DESTROY IT.

Why do people deal with us? Not because we are the smartest people but because they feel comfortable dealing with us.
What gives them the feeling of comfort? It is the X factor. How do we build the X factor?
People don’t care how much you know they want to know how much you care.

Unless people have individual goals, how can they tie-up with corporate goals? Goal setting includes a holistic approach which means people take family problems to work and bring work problems
to family. Don’t they?

There is no such thing known as neutral leaders. Either they are good leaders or bad leaders.
Good leaders actively guide, bad leaders actively misguide. Good leaders look to create more leaders, bad leaders look to create followers. Why? Because they feel insecure.

It is not problem solving but pre-empting and preventing.

Profitability is not only money but goodwill too.
Profitability is not the reason why we practice values. We practice values because we believe in them. When we believe in something, we will or won't do things, even if no one is watching.

All of the above is only theory unless we have a system to put it in practice.

WHAT makes our program unique is that participants leave our program with an action plan, which can be implemented immediately. Over 24,000 people have benefited from our dynamic programs.

Remember, “WINNERS DON’T DO DIFFERENT THINGS,
THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY”®

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Maximum Time Managemen

Golden Rules of Goal Setting

Five Rules to Set Yourself Up for Success

Rule #1: Set Goals that Motivate You
To make sure your goal is motivating, write down why it's valuable and important to you. Ask yourself, "If I were to share my goal with others, how would I tell them to convince them it was a worthwhile goal?" You can use this motivating value statement to help you if you start to doubt yourself or lose confidence in your ability to actually make it happen.





Rule #2: Set SMART Goals
You have probably heard of "SMART goals" already. But do you always apply the rule? The simple fact is that for any goal to be achieved it must be designed to be SMART. There are many variations on what SMART stands for, but the essence is this - Goals should be: Specific
Measurable
Attainable
Relevant
Time Bound




Rule #3: Set Goals in Writing

Tip 1:
Frame your goal statement positively. If you want to improve your retention rates say, "I will hold on to all existing employees for the next quarter" rather than "I will reduce employee turnover." The first one is motivating; the second one still has a get-out clause "allowing" you to succeed even if some employees leave.

Tip 2:

If you use a To Do List, make yourself a To Do List template that has your goals at the top of it. If you use an Action Program (see Mind Tools' Make Time for Success! course), then your goals should be at the top of your Project Catalog.)

Rule #4: Make an Action Plan
This step is often missed in the process of goal setting. You get so focused on the outcome that you forget to plan all of the steps that are needed along the way. By writing out the individual steps, and then crossing each one off as you complete it, you'll realize that you are making progress towards your ultimate goal. This is especially important if your goal is big and demanding, or long-term. Read our article on Action Plans for more on how to do this.


Rule #5: Stick With It!
Remember, goal setting is an ongoing activity not just a means to an end. Build in reminders to keep you on track and remember to review your goals continuously. Your end destination may remain quite similar over the long term but the action plan you set for yourself along the way can change significantly. Make sure the relevance, value, and necessity remain high.

Key Points

Goal setting is much more than simply saying you want something to happen. Unless you clearly define exactly what you want and understand why you want it the first place, your odds of success are considerably reduced. By following the Five Golden Rules of Goal Setting you can set goals with confidence and enjoy the satisfaction that comes along with knowing you achieved what you set out to do. What will you decide to accomplish today?

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It's Time For

"Desire is the Key to All Success & Achievement"

It's Time For You To

• "Achieve Your Goals"
• "Become Super-Successful"
• "Live Your Dreams"

• Achieving anything is not that hard. All it takes is doing what needs to be done long enough to produce results.
• Drive around any city and you will see many large, expensive, custom homes with expensive cars in attractive, well-maintained front yards. Just the kind of neighborhood you would like to live in, right? It's sometimes hard to believe that there are that many people making enough money to afford to live in these exclusive, private communities.
• The people who live there are a very diverse group. They are young and old, represent every religious and ethnic background and come from poor and wealthy parents.
• There is very little to separate these successful people from the people who live in much smaller track homes just down the street. If you did a very complete study of the differences between these very successful people and there not so successful neighbors you would see some obvious things.
• Of course you would see they have bigger and better things: back accounts, education, careers or businesses, toys, etc. You would also see that they do more things: vacations, club memberships, charity, and so on.
• Having and doing these things is not what allowed the luxury of living in the exclusive neighborhood. The having and doing is a result. The results illustrates the dramatic differences between the haves and the have-nots.
• It is the cause of these awesome results that is important. Here is where you will find great differences between the custom and track home owners.
• It's a pretty simple difference. Successful people start to do things, figure out how to get successful results from what they are doing and they continue doing those things that get the results they want.
• There can be a lot involved making that simple formula to work for you. But it all boils down to one key difference between the achievers and those that miss out. In our study of two neighborhoods the biggest difference you would find in the people would be the level of desire in the people.
• At the core it is desire that fuels your effort to achieve. If your desire is not enough to drive you to success don't despair. Desire is in all of us. It is the amount that is important. If you need more I can show you how to get it. To find out how request the Free Report in the upper left hand corner of this page. It's that easy. Fill out your name and email address and click on the submit button. You will receive the Free Report on how get all the desire you need to

Live Your Dreams.

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Smiles a LOT it costs Nothing.

Smiles for Success


Smile Your Way to Success

• Smile brings beauty to your face, charm to your personality and money to your pocket; apart from being your recognition as a cheerful, friendly, loveable person.

• When you smile you also bring smile to the faces of other people around you. And that is a great service to the mankind. Smile, even for a while, can bring happiness in the lives of people who are suffering from distress, anxiety or pain.

• Start your day with a big smile. Don�t get up from your bed as if you are being forced to do so. Rather jump out of your bed with a big winning smile on your face as this is going to be the most wonderful day of your life filled with great fun, adventure, excitement and joy.

• Take the first step out of your home with such a confident smile as if you are going to get whatever you wanted in your life. You are going to reap the rewards of your hard work. Your destiny is in your own hands.

• Your relationship skills are much more important than your professional skills. A person who performs his duties happily always gets quick promotion than his other colleagues. A smile on your face while at work is a guarantee that you will get promotion out of turn as everyone will recommend your name and no one will oppose it.

• A lively smile on your face is going to give others a positive impression of your personality as a friendly person. People will like to associate with you. Your circle of friends will grow fast without any effort on your part.

• If you are feeling depressed due to any reason think of a past joyful event in your life and smile. Smile relieves tension and creates a positive mind frame enabling you to reach at the best solution of the problem without being swayed away by the false fears and unfounded doubts.

• Smile attracts happiness and no doubt a happy person is a successful person. Keep on smiling to attract more happiness and success in you life.

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