“You have to master the one who throws obstacles in your way. Master yourself. Only in taking responsibility is where you find freedom and power.”

“Instead of believing the world was plotting to do him harm, he chose to believe the world was plotting to do him good. Instead of seeing every difficult or challenging event as negative, he saw it for what it could be.”

With a growth mindset, we embrace challenging opportunities because we know that we can only reach our highest potential by consistently playing at our edges and that the only failure is not really going for it and learning along the way. The distinction between a fixed mindset and a growth mindset is huge.

“Now is the only time. How we relate to it creates the future. In other words, if we’re going to be more cheerful in the future, it’s because of our aspiration and exertion to be cheerful in the present. What we do accumulates; future is the result of what we do now.”

It is so easy to overestimate the importance of one defining moment and underestimate the value of making small improvements on a daily basis. Too often, we convince ourselves that massive success requires massive action.

Today were talking about the goals burning inside of you. That was quite the week you had. I’ll be the first to say enjoy the win. Celebrate the victory. And good on ya. But somewhere deep down inside, you know one thing is for sure. It is never finished.

“As you reflect and you refocus you can refine and upgrade your behavior. And as you refine and upgrade your behavior, you will refine an upgrade what it is you achieve, because it’s your behaviors that determine what you achieve.”

“Our propensity for action stems from our need to be in control. By taking action, we feel as though we’re actually doing something to forward ourselves or to better our situation. Actively doing something makes us feel as though we have the capacity to change things, while doing nothing makes us feel like we’ve given up, and we’ve accepted that we can do nothing more.”

“The majority of people are ready to throw their aims and purposes overboard, and give up at the first sign of opposition or misfortune. A few carry on despite all opposition, until they attain their goal. There may be no heroic connotation to the word ‘persistence,’ but the quality is to the character of man what carbon is to steel.” -Jeff Olson, The slight Edge

“One of the quickest and most direct routes to getting yourself up and onto the success curve is to get out of the past. Review the past, but only for the purpose of making a better plan. - Jeff Olson.