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HOW TO AVOID BURNOUT – 10 STEPS FOR A MORE PRODUCTIVE LIFE

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How to Avoid Burnout at Work

Have you ever sat at your desk fidgeting, impatiently fantasizing about the moment when the clock hits 5 pm?  Have you ever dreaded all day Sunday because of everything that has to get to done when you get back to work on Monday? 

YOU MAY BE FACING BURNOUT

If so, chances are high you’re not content with your work/life balance.  Chances are high you may be facing burnout.

Truly, if you’re not content with your work life, burnout could be the cause.   And if you suspect it is, keep reading, because we have some insights in this post to help you avoid burnout.

Now, if the situation described in the beginning is all you feel, consider yourself lucky. Why?  Because some hard working people facing burnout reach a point where they end up fainting, developing twitches, or even getting depressed.  Hopefully you have yet to reach that point.

Before we get into it, you should realize that getting burnt out is not a problem you face on your own.  Truth is, burning out is something everybody feels at some point in their career. It can even start in high school, and if you don’t fight to overcome the “work dread”, it can stick around well into your retirement years.

But don’t despair.

Psychologists and workaholics all over the globe have struggled with this issue, and they’ve found many ways to overcome it. This article discusses 10 ways to avoid burnout, based on expert input and personal experiences fighting this all too common mental challenge.

BEST WAYS TO AVOID BURNOUT

Best Ways to Prevent Burnout

1. Work Towards A Goal

Students at The Harvard MBA Business School did a study back in 1979 about goal-setting. They found that 83% of graduates have no goals whatsoever, 13% of them have some goals, and 3% of them have clear, written-down goals.

Want to guess who was more successful?

The 13% that had some goals ended up making twice as much as the ones that had no goals, while the top 3% that had clear, written down goals ended up making ten times (10x!!) more than their former colleagues.

The validity of this study has been questioned in the past, and financial gain may not be the only metric for success, but psychologists, entrepreneurs and CEOs agree that goal-setting is important.

And it makes sense. It’s easier to stay focused and keep working when you see a greater purpose (and finality) to your efforts.

But, you don’t need to JUST set some goals and write them down. This creates ambiguity in your unconscious mind, which creates an unclear image of that higher purpose.

To avoid this, be as specific as possible in your goal-setting – don’t say you want to be rich, clarify how rich and in what timeline.

2. Schedule Your Day

Goals seem unreachable when you just throw a 3 years resolution out there, no matter how specific.

For that purpose, you need to get nitty-gritty with your future plans. The best way to do that is to plan each day in advance.

I use the Google Calendar for that – You can easily create tasks, you can color-code them and you can share them with other people.

The best thing, however, is that you get notifications on your phone, in advance. That way, you’re always reminded of what you have to do and it’s easier to focus on the task at hand, since Google keeps track of the big picture you set up in advance.

The Google Calendar is not the only app that helps you schedule your day. Wunderlist (soon to be To-Do), Trello, Todoist, Evernote – these are off the top of my head. I’m sure you’ll find one that suits your needs.

If apps don’t help, you can get old-school. Grab a piece of paper and a pen and create a classic to-do list, but just make sure you do it.

Once you have a tasklist, make sure you stick to it. That’s a task in and of itself, but the next steps should help with that as well.

3. Build A Positive Outlook On Life

You might think “Easy for you to say, you’re not stuck with a shitty job that you have to struggle to keep in order to pay the bills”

First of all, a lot of successful, happy people were in your shoes at some point in their life.

Secondly, a positive outlook on life can be built (keyword built) in spite of your job, debt or problems.

Did I say build a positive outlook? Yes I did, because a healthy mindset doesn’t appear out of nowhere – you can’t just have a positive thinking. You have to work for it.

What might you do? There’s a few things that can help:

  • Focus on (re)building healthy relationships with those close to you.
  • Spend more time doing what you love (It can even turn into a full-time gig if you focus hard enough).
  • Eat healthily, sleep well and exercise.
  • Get support. There’s nothing wrong with seeing a therapist even if your mental status is not completely wrecked.

Developing a high emotional intelligence is key when you think of how to avoid burnout.

4. Practice Deep Work to Avoid Burnout

I have to admit, Cal Newport is a big source of inspiration for me.

For those of you who don’t know, he wrote a book called Deep Work. It’s a very easy read on how to focus completely on what you’re doing and achieve more in less time.

If you haven’t read it, I recommend it. It changed my viewpoint on work ethic completely and it did help me achieve a lot more in less time.

So what is Deep Work?

Basically, a person that performs deep work is so immersed in what they’re doing (i.e. writing, coding, talking) that there are absolutely no distractions. It’s a trance-like meditative state in which the mind is completely focused on a singular task for a prolonged period of time (I practice it for about 2-4 hours a day).

Practically, for 2-4 hours there are no phone calls, no emails, no social media, absolutely nothing else other than the task at hand.

“I can’t do that, people rely on me, I must provide prompt answers to their queries over email or phone”.

That’s what I thought. That’s what Cal Newport thought. But as soon as you begin to practice it, you’ll notice emails and phone calls can wait for a few hours – and the results are drastic improvements in productivity.

You probably won’t be able to start with a 4 hour Deep Work push. That’s all right, I started with 30 mins of deep work everyday and worked my way up from that. Regardless of how you do it, try it out – you’ll achieve a newfound sense of pride and completeness about your work, which keeps the stress at bay.

5. Exercise Regularly

This one is often thrown around for a better everything.

Regardless of how mainstream it is to mention exercise for any type of improvement, it’s truly important for a better work life.

How come?

Making time to exercise gets your happy chemicals working – serotonin, dopamine, norepinephrine, all brain hormones associated with happiness are released when exercising.

And when you think about it, burnout is a chemical reaction in our brain, just like everything else we feel.

When it was first coined in 1974 by Herbert Freudenberger, the term “burnout” referred to “emotional depletion” among other things. The jury’s out on that, regular exercise is a deterrent to emotional depletion, so jogging every morning should help.

6. Optimize Work

We don’t get bored or mentally destroyed by creative and engaging new tasks.

By nature, humans love a great challenge, and we get excited when we have to come up with new ideas, even if that’s at a meh workplace.

What gets the stress wheel going are the tedious tasks – sending and answering to emails, repetitive data entry, holding the same workshop the 23rd time, etc.

That’s why you should find ways to work efficiently.

If you can afford it, personal assistants help a lot with that.

They take the tedious part out of your work so you can focus on the good stuff. You don’t even have to hire someone full-time for that, you can find awesome, highly trained virtual assistants on places like Zirtual.com for as low as $400 a month.

Don’t really need and/or afford a virtual assistant?

That’s alright, technology is here to help. You can automate the boring parts of your work with software like Zapier, Memberful and MailChimp. Emails, data entry and scheduling are all done easier with these apps.

7. Do Fulfilled Projections

Meditation is great for a more productive lifestyle. It teaches you self-control, it improves your emotional stability and it’s a good tool for removing stress.

There’s a myriad of resources online about why you should do it and how you should do it. What I’d like to talk about now is a special kind of meditation, called projections.

So, once you’re capable to remove every thought from your head for at least 10-20 minutes, you should try imagining yourself in certain situations.

While you’re in a meditative stance, take your goals one at a time. Know them by heart and start projecting yourself in a situation where you’ve achieved your goals. Don’t just generally think about them, be specific about how you feel, what you see and what you do after you’ve made a million bucks or quit smoking.

Once you’ve got a clear picture about your best possible future scenario, also project yourself in situations where there’s a struggle. Imagine the obstacles along the way, such as getting bored, being stressed, and most importantly: failing. After that, also imagine how you’ve overcome the obstacle.

This will make burning out an easier obstacle to overcome, simply because you’ve mentally been there before. It’s like a trick for your mind – if the subconscious believes you’ve been in this situation in the past, and yet succeeded, it will be much easier to stay focused and stick to a schedule.

8. Sleep Well

Any effort towards burnout prevention is futile if you’re tired.

No matter how much motivated or hard working you are, if you don’t have a healthy sleeping schedule it will be physically impossible to stay focused and be productive.

Nobody knows why humans have to sleep, but everybody knows that they do have to

Experts suggest that for the average adult 7 to 9 hours of sleep should do the trick, but everybody is unique and you may need more or less. The basic healthy sleep schedule is a good 10 pm to 6 am slumber, because this is the interval our brain secretes the most melatonin, a hormone that helps with getting a restful shuteye.

You should start there and experiment with cutting or adding a few hours, based on how you feel.

Can’t accomplish everything you want with only 16 hours of conscious existence every day?

Biphasic and Polyphasic sleep can help. These are methods of segmenting your sleep schedule throughout the day in order to get rested, but have more time at your disposal. An example of a polyphasic sleep schedule would be sleeping from 1 am to 4 am, then taking two more 20 minutes naps at noon and in the evening.

It may sound like sleep deprivation, but a lot of people employ this method to be more efficient and avoid burnout by not being stressed by the tick of the clock.

9. Take Breaks

Taking a well-deserved break doesn’t mean giving in to burnout symptoms. It’s actually a great way to overcome them.

Everybody has a breaking point and there’s no shame in either stopping for a chat at the water cooler or taking a 3 day city break in the weekend. Disconnecting from your daily tasks is a great way to prevent burning out, because your subconscious realizes the tedious tasks don’t go on forever, and there’s fun at the end of the dreaded tunnel.

However, make sure you don’t spend too much time in the Bahamas!

Taking breaks that are too long (or too often) can have the opposite effect. To best avoid this, define clear breaks in your schedule.

When I’m not performing deep work, I work the classic 50 minutes with 10 minutes break time, but you can experiment with this. The Pomodoro Technique entails 25 minutes of focused work with 5 minutes of break time after each productive push, so that might work better for you.

10. Work For Yourself

The easiest way to not be overcome by dread every time you sit at your desk is to work for you. Your dreams, your goals, your ideas, your interests and your beliefs.

Stuck at a shi**y call center job while you dream to have your own business selling consultancy services?

There’s always something you can do to be closer to your dream. If right now you are dependent on a job you don’t like, there’s still time after 5 o’clock to learn a new skill, go back to school, put in the hours for a side project, etc.

You can imagine your current job as a tool – brings money in so you can invest them in your own ideas later on. That in and of itself will make every task easier to complete, and you’ll be much better prepared on how to overcome burnout at work.

The point is, you should always align your efforts with your goals, and make changes in your life accordingly: start saving money, create your own website, volunteer, get another degree.

Anything that gets you closer to where you want to be in life.

Final Thoughts on Avoiding Burnout

Here’s a closing recap on the best ways you can prevent burn out:

  • Work Towards a Goal
  • Schedule Your Day
  • Build Positivity Into Your Life
  • Practice Deep Work
  • Exercise Regularly
  • Optimize Work
  • Do Fulfilled Projections
  • Sleep Well
  • Take Breaks
  • Work For Yourself

None of these tips will solve your issues instantly.  In fact, most of them will require dedication to complete.

But, with a little bit of patience and some diligence, following these steps on how to avoid burnout will get you closer to a stress-free life.

Till next time,

STRIVE

Theodor is a freelance writer focused on B2C Tech & Lifestyle Content. While he loves writing, he also spends his time cooking, playing video games and arguing with random people about politics. For inquiries of any sort, you can reach him over at LinkedIn.

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THURSDAY WORK MOTIVATION TO HELP YOU FINISH THE WEEK STRONG

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You Vs. Thursday Motivation

Everyone knows Monday is one of the most challenging days of the week to get motivated. But Thursday’s can be just as menacing. Thursday’s are menacing because the motivation (or lack thereof) that we feel on this day can catch us off guard. If you woke up this morning and thought to yourself, “I can’t believe it’s not Friday yet?” or “Dang, it’s barely Thursday?”, then you’ve got a Thursday motivation problem.

The good news is, you’re not alone. Everyone experiences low motivation from time to time, especially on Thursdays. And the even better news is, we’ve pulled together a few quotes and handful of related resources to help you find some of that elusive Thursday work motivation.

With that said, if you’re looking for that second-wind that we could all use on Thursday to finish the week strong, let’s dive in:

Best Quotes for Thursday Work Motivation

Best Thursday Work Motivation Quotes

1.  “Energy and persistence conquer all things.” – Benjamin Franklin

2. “On Thursday, no matter how difficult and distracting life is, our job is to focus, to work through it, to keep our eyes and our efforts where they belong.” – Rick Pitino

3. “The best way out is always through.” – Robert Frost

4. “On this Thursday take nothing for granted. Look around and show gratitude for your work, your family, and your friends.” –  Theodore W. Higginsworth

5. “Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work, one finishes nothing. The prize will not be sent to you. You have to win it.“ – Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. “Thursday is one day closer to my expectation that everything I have done through the week culminates in progress.” – Byron Pulsifer

7. “Everything is either an opportunity to learn and grow or an obstacle that keeps you stuck…you get to choose.” – Thursday Thoughts

8. “Don’t stay in bed unless you can make money in bed.” – George Burns

9. “If you keep doing what you been doing, you’ll keep getting, what you been getting.” – Steve Harvey

10. “Great things never come from comfort zones.” – Anonymous

11. “Your competition is hoping you’ll take it easy today, don’t.” – The Strive

12. “Yesterday’s home runs don’t win today’s games.” – Babe Ruth

13. “Every job is a self-portrait of the person who does it. Autograph your work with excellence.” – Quote for Thursday

14. “Let this Thursday be filled with possibilities – be aware of the opportunities around you; don’t just go through the day, live the day with your eyes and your mind open.” – Anonymous

15. “Hard work doesn’t guarantee success, but improves its chances.” – B.J. Gupta

More Thursday Motivation For Work

You’re halfway through our Thursday work motivation resource. Great job! We sincerely hope these curated quotes are motivating you.

But don’t stop now, as there are still a handful of other resources that could help you find the energy to make this Thursday one to remember.

Related: Ways to Find Motivation For Work

16. “Happy Thursday! P.S. It’s almost Friday.” – Thursday Saying

17. “The only difference between a good day and a bad day is your attitude!” – Anonymous

18. “You can’t have a million-dollar dream with a minimum-wage work ethic.”  –  Stephen C. Hogan

19. “If you are working on something exciting that you really care about, you don’t have to be pushed. The vision pulls you.” – Steve Jobs

20. “Action will destroy your procrastination.” – Og Mandino

21. “Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

22. Ambition is the path to success. Persistence is the vehicle you arrive in.” – Bill Bradley

23. “Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis

24. “The harder you work for something, the greater you’ll feel when you achieve it.” – Anonymous

25. “Either you run the day, or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn

26. “We may encounter many defeats but we must not be defeated.” – Maya Angelou

27. “Nothing screws up your Friday like realizing it’s only Thursday.” – Anonymous

28. “I see a light at the end of the tunnel… hopefully its not a freight train!” – Mariah Carey

29. “Start your Thursday with an attitude of optimism. It’s going to be a good day!” – Kate Summers

30.  “Stay positive, work hard, make it happen.” – Thursday Quote

31. “Remember no matter how fast you run, you can’t be the winner if you don’t finish.” – Israelmore Ayivor

32. “The world is moved along, not only by the mighty shoves of its heroes, but also by the aggregate of tiny pushes of each honest worker.” – Helen Keller

33. “The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is just that little extra.” – Jimmy Johnson

34. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Teddy Roosevelt

35. “Never be satisfied with less than your very best effort. If you strive for the top and miss, you’ll still ‘beat the pack.” – Gerald R. Ford

36. “The best preparation for good work tomorrow is to do good work today.” – Elbert Hubbard

37. “I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.”  –  Thomas Jefferson

38. “You are what you do, not what you say you do.”  –  Carl Jung

39. “The extra energy required to make another effort… is the secret of winning.” – Denis Waitley

40. “Starting strong is good. Finishing strong is epic.” – Robin Sharma

Related: Workplace Motivation

Thursday Work Motivation Bonus

Bonus: Here’s a little motivational speech that will surely help you with finding some of that motivation to finish your Thursday strong. Here it is….

You Vs. Thursday Motivation

Just click on the image or watch it here.

Final Thoughts

There you have it, a handful of quotes to inspire you this Thursday, as well as access to a few additional resources for finding motivation for the end of your week. We hope you found at least a little bit of motivation so you can finish the week strong.

With that said, if you found value in this page, or if you see someone who is treating their Thursday like it was a Monday, please share this encouraging page with them. Because you just never never who needs a little Thursday motivation for work.

Till next time,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed theseThursday motivational quotes for work, then you’ll definitely love these quotes to push you to work hard everyday of the week: Work Hard Quotes

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10 WAYS TO ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS IN 2025

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How to Achieve Your Goals

Setting goals is a crucial part of success. No matter what you want to achieve in life, be it in your career, relationships, or in business, identifying what you want to achieve and then making a plan to move toward that destination is one of the most important steps of all.

When you know what you want and the exact outcome you desire, you can then create a plan and take action to get there. This is why setting goals works. Extraordinary people are able to produce amazing results in life because they have a clear goal that they want to achieve in mind. They know what they want, and then they get to work on their goals, every single day.

With that being said, if you want to master yourself, achieve greater results in life, and ultimately make your dreams a reality, you’ll need to learn how to set and achieve your goals. So, here are the top 10 ways to achieve your goals in 2025. Enjoy!

Top 10 Ways To Achieve Your Goals This Year

Best Tips to Achieve Your Goals

1. Always Keep Your Goals in Your Mind

One of the most common reasons why some people fail at their goals while others succeed at them, is that those who successfully achieved their goals are really adept at keeping their goals top of mind.

Of course, this is easier said than done. But, it is backed up by the one of the most well-known success phrases of all-time…“You become what you think about most of the time”. It’s a phrase that conveys the fact that your life is organized around your thoughts. Hence, your dominant thoughts will determine how you will live your life.

If you always think about having not enough money, guess what, you will not be having enough money. You will find it hard to come up with extra money and there are always more days left at the end of the money.

Your thoughts dictate your life. Tony Robbins once said, “Where you focus goes, energy flows”, thus, if you always think about your goals and focus on them, that’s what you will create in your life. So, always choose to consciously think about your goals.

This is why you need to write down your goals, review them, visualize them, and see yourself achieve them. Make a vision board for your goals if you want to.

2. Make Sure Your Goals Align With Your Inner Values

Next up on the list of top 10 ways to achieve your goals is to ensure they align with your values. Yes, you have to make sure your goals align with your inner values. You don’t want to set a goal that is not in harmony with your values.

For example, if you are someone who values security more than adventure, setting a goal like traveling alone around the world may not work for you. Even if you force yourself to do it, you will not enjoy the progress and the experience.

Here’s another example, many people set income goals. And if money isn’t their main purpose, their goals will never work. They will find it hard to come up with the drive to put themselves into action and they will find ways to sabotage their own success.

This is what happens when your goals conflict with your values. Instead, learn to set goals that align with your inner values. Set goals that make your heart sing.

Related: Goal Setting Mistakes to Avoid

3. Make Your Goals Measurable

Are your goals measurable? Most people set very general and vague goals like, “I want to become rich”, or “I want to be happy”, etc., but these goals are vague, and they are not measurable.

Let me ask you, if your goal is to live a happy life, how do you know when you have achieved it? That’s the problem. When your goal isn’t measurable, you will never know when you have reached it.

So, make your goals quantifiable. Make them measurable so that you can tell when you have reached them. Plus, when something is measurable, you can then come up with a specific action plan to achieve it.

If your goals are not measurable, you will work day and night without knowing if you have reached them.

4. Identify the Lead Measures

Lead measure is an important measure of your goals. Most people focus on their main target or the results they want, but they don’t focus on their lead measures, and this is why they fail.

Your lead measures are the measures that directly impact the results of your goals.

For instance, if your goal is to lose weight, the two main lead measures are exercise and diet. How much time do you spend to exercise each week? And do you track your diet and calorie intake?

You see, these two measures will directly impact your goal of losing weight. If you want to achieve your goal, then all you need to do is to focus on the two lead measures: exercise and diet.

And you hit your exercise and diet target, you will automatically reach your weight loss goal.

Here’s another classic example. If you want to increase your sales, what should you do? You focus on prospecting and presentation. The more prospects you present to, the higher your number of sales. Therefore, the number of prospects you approach, and sales presentation you deliver are the two lead measures you must work on.

When you achieved your lead measure goals, you will achieve your main goal, which is to increase your sales. So, focus and work on the lead measures.

5. Focus on Making Progress

Next, don’t always think about your goals and the results, when it comes to maintaining your momentum, you need to focus on making progress.

As a blogger, one of my goals is to build a huge responsive subscribers list from my blog. But if I focus on the result, the number of subscribers I get each day, I’m going to fail. Why? When I first started, my blog is new and there are no visitors and subscribers.

So, if I think about my goal of having a ton of subscribers, I will feel dejected, lose my motivation, and eventually give up on my blog. Instead, I choose to focus on making progress.

I know that if I want to grow my subscribers, I will need to publish new articles consistently. Hence, I focus on publishing content. Every time I published a new article, I celebrate and reward myself. I feel good about it and it drives me to continue publishing new content.

And so, day after day, I make progress. And slowly, the number of visitors to my blog increases, and the same goes for my number of subscribers.

Can you notice the difference? Having a goal is important, but to achieve your goal, you need to make progress. Hence, it is more important to focus on the progress than to only think about your goals and do nothing.

Let your progress motivate you and get you to your goals.

6. Work on Improving Yourself Every Day

There is no way you can achieve your goals if you don’t improve yourself. You are where you are because of what you know and what you do. If you want to get to a new place, you need to do something different, and that requires you to improve yourself.

I love to give an example of playing games. If the character in your game is at level 3 and you need to fight a level 5 enemy, you will find the enemy difficult to beat. But as you play the game, gain better experience, and level up your character, say to level 8, the same level 5 enemy will be easy to beat.

Therefore, work on improving your level. When the size of you increase, the problem will become a small problem.

It is the size of you that matters, not the size of the problem. If you think you are having a big problem right now, it is because the size of you is small. You must learn to improve yourself so that the problems become no problem for you.

Related: Motivation Journals for Self-Improvement

7. Set Goals That Are Fun and Exciting

Think about it, if something isn’t fun or exciting, will you have the motivation to achieve it? Obviously, the answer is no. But unfortunately, that’s what most people do. They set goals that are not fun or exciting to them.

You have to understand that if you want to achieve your goals, your goals must be fun and exciting so that you will want to wake up each morning and work on them. If your goals are boring and uninspiring, you will choose to continue to sleep than to wake up and chase them.

Set a goal that makes your heart sing. Be passionate about your goals and make sure you are excited when you think, talk, and work on your goals.

8. Make Your Goals Challenging

Besides making your goals fun and exciting, you must also make them challenging. Why? Because that’s the only way you can grow.

You see, Albert Einstein once said, “A ship is safe at the harbor, but that’s not why it is built for.” Your life is meant to be fun, exciting, and challenging. You want to live a remarkable life, isn’t it? Hence, make your goals challenging.

Think about it, if you are currently earning $5,000 a month, making an additional $100 isn’t going to make you jump out of your bed in the morning. What you want is to have a goal that is challenging and inspiring.

You want your goals to force you out of your comfort zone so that you can grow and become someone better, and worthy of the goals.

9. Take Baby Steps Each Day

It doesn’t matter how big your goals or how difficult they are, as long as you take baby steps and make progress each day, you will eventually get to your goals.

The key is in making progress every day. You can’t achieve your goals by thinking about them, you need to do something.

There is a saying, “If you swing the ax five times, every day, eventually the tree will fall.” Yes, no matter how big the tree, if you just swing an ax at it just five times a day, it will eventually fall.

The same principle applies to your life and your goals. As long as you take action and persist in working on your goals every day, you will eventually arrive at your destination.

Therefore, be consistent. Commit to taking at least 5 baby steps each day, and trust me, you will achieve your goals faster than you thought possible.

10. Believe in Your Goals and Trust Yourself That You Can Do It

Last up on this list of the 10 ways to achieve your goals is related to belief. You need to believe in your goals and trust yourself that you can do it. First, you must believe that your goals are possible. And second, you must trust that you can achieve them.

When you truly believe you can achieve your goals, you will do whatever it takes to reach them. Think about why people buy lottery tickets. Well, it is because they believe that they stand a chance to win, right? If you don’t believe you stand a chance to win, you will never bother buying the lottery ticket.

The same goes for your goals. When you believe that you can achieve them, you will do it with a 100% commitment rather than a half-hearted attempt.

Therefore, believe that your goals are possible and trust that you can achieve them.

Conclusion

There is no way you are going to achieve your goals if you all you do is sit there and do nothing. Reading this article is good because it helps you understand what you need to do to achieve the results you want, but until you implement the knowledge and take action, nothing is going to happen.

“Dream Big, Start Small, But Most Of All, Start.”

– Simon Sinek –

Hence, don’t just think and daydream about your goals and the success you want. Make this year your best year ever by using these 10 ways to achieve your goals. If you need a little reminder, you can always print out or save the summarized tips for achieving your goals below:

10 Ways to Achieve Your Goals

It is true that this year has been challenging and tough, but if you keep a positive attitude, focus on your goals, and do what is necessary, you can make 2025 a life-transforming year. Use these goal achieving tips to help you.

Till next time,

STRIVE


PS – We hope you enjoyed these top 10 ways to achieve your goals, but never lose sight of this important fact: Achieving goals doesn’t just magically happen. Goal achievement requires a plan. So, if you truly want to make 2025 a life-transforming year, this resource will absolutely help you make it happen.

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50+ SECRET OF SUCCESS QUOTES TO GUIDE YOU TO GREATER SUCCESS

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Over the years, many notable success icons and high achievers have attempted lay claim to what the ultimate secret of success is. After achieving impressive levels of success, they all formulate their own blueprint for success. But who’s answer is right? Well, we’ve rounded up some of the most notable secret of success quotes we could find, so you can make the call.

At the very least, we hope these success secret quotes will give you clarity and direction when it comes to what actually leads to success. And best, they help you really pinpoint and zero on the quote that really rings true. So, if you’re ready to dive into these secret of success quotes, let’s get started:

BEST SECRET OF SUCCESS QUOTES

1. “The greatest secret in the world is that you only have to be a small, measurable amount better than mediocrity…and you’ve got it made.” – Og Mandino

2. “The real secret of success is enthusiasm.” – Walter Chysler

3. “To know how to wait is the great secret of success.” – Joseph DeMaistre

4. “I’m convinced that about half of what separates the successful entrepreneurs from the non-successful ones is pure perseverance.” – Steve Jobs

5. “One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.” – Benjamin Disraeli

6. “Success is the ability to go from one failure to another with no loss of enthusiasm.” – Sir Winston Churchill

7. “The secret to success is to know something nobody else knows.” – Aristotle Onassis

8. “Don’t only learn from the rich and successful men, also learn from the poor and those that failed woefully, for in their failures lies the secret of success as well.” – Ikechukwu Izuakor

9. “The secret of your success is determined by your daily agenda.” – John C. Maxwell

10. “The secret of success is consistency of purpose.” – Benjamin Disraeli

11. “There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell

12. “The great secret of success is to go through life as a man who never gets used to failing.” – Albert Schweitzer

13. “The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.” – Tony Robbins

14. “What is the secret of success? Right decisions. How do you make right decisions? Experience. How do you gain experience? Wrong decisions.” – Abdul Kalam

15. “The secret to success: find out where people are going and get there first.” – Mark Twain

16. “Let me tell you the secret that has led me to my goal. My strength lies solely in my tenacity.” – Louis Pasteur

17.Patience, persistence and perspirations make an unbeatable combination for success.” – Napoleon Hill

18. “The secret for success is to keep your dream alive. It might come true some day.” – Jack Ma

19. “Today, do just a little bit more. Turn going the extra mile into a habit – it is what lifts most successful people above the crowd.” – Bob Proctor

20. Self-trust is the first secret of success.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

21. “Hard work and determination equals success.” – Kevin Hart

22. “Everyone visualizes whether he knows it or not. Visualizing is the great secret of success.” – Rhonda Byrne

23. “The secret of success in life is time rightly used.” – Sivananda Saraswati

24. “The secret to success is doing the best you can do. Forget about whether you might win or lose. By working hard and practicing the skills that you need to perform, the results will take care of themselves. Being successful is about doing your best.” – Barbara Corcoran

25. “The secret of success is to do the common things uncommonly well.” – John D. Rockefeller

26. “The secret to success is good leadership, and good leadership is all about making the lives of your team members or workers better.” – Tony Dungy

27. “The secret of my success is a two word answer: Know people.” – Harvey S. Firestone

28. “The secret of success is to be like a duck, smooth and unruffled on top, but paddling furiously underneath.” – Bill Cosby

29. “If there is any one secret to success, it lies in the ability to get the other person’s point of view and see things from that person’s angle as well as from your own.” – Henry Ford

30. “The key to success is failure.” – Michael Jordan

31. “Success seems to be connected with action. Successful people keep moving. They make mistakes, but they don’t quit.” – Conrad Hilton

32. “The secret to success is to offend the greatest number of people.” – George Bernard Shaw

33. “The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of everything else to which he is justly entitled.” – Andrew Carnegie

34. “Success is becoming what you want to be, and is attained by applying your energies to your work, and you will apply your energies in exact proportion to the intensity of your desire.” – Wallace D. Wattles

35.Ambition is the first step to success. The second step is action.” – Mel Robbins

36. “As one makes an impartial study of successful people, one is drawn to inevitable conclusion that persistence, concentration of effort and definiteness of purpose are the major sources of their achievements.” – Napoleon Hill

37.  “The keys to success are patience, persistence, and obsessive attention to detail.”  –  Jeff Bezos

38.  “Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier

39. “Developing a good work ethic is a key to success. Apply yourself at whatever you do, whether you’re a janitor or taking your first summer job, because that work ethic will be reflected in everything you do in life.” – Tyler Perry

40. “The secret of success is making your vocation your vacation.” – Mark Twain

41. “Success in anything will always come down to this:  Focus & Effort, and we control both of them.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

42. “Persistence is the iron quality of success; if you persist long enough you must eventually succeed.” – Brian Tracy

43. “The key to realizing a dream is to focus not on success but on significance.” – Oprah Winfrey

44. “Meditation more than anything in my life was the biggest ingredient of whatever success I’ve had.” – Ray Dalio

45. “I realized the secret to success is finishing! And not just finishing, but finishing strong!” – Eric Thomas

46.  “Believing in yourself is the first secret of success.” – Anonymous

47. “The secret of success is changing the way you think.” – Henry Ford

48. “The key to being successful and achieving your dreams no matter what they are, is finding something you really really like to do, and being great at it.” – Mark Cuban

49. “The secret of success lies not in doing your own work, but in recognizing the right man to do it.” – Andrew Carnegie

50. “The key to success is to start before you’re ready.” – Marie Forleo

51. “The key to success is dedication to life long learning.” – Stephen R. Covey

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Bonus: Alright, here is one last and final bonus quote about the secret to success. We’ve listed it last, because it’s “the one” secret to success that we feel rings the most true.

“The Universal Key To Success Is Simply This… As You Think, So Shall You Become.”

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75+ GRIND QUOTES TO HELP YOU SHINE IN 2025

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Grinding, getting it, and going hard — that’s what it takes to achieve next-level success. Reaching your goals, and doing it fast is all about the grind. So, if you’re looking for some next level success, you’re going to need some next level motivation, which is why we pulled together these grind quotes.

Our hope is that these quotes will fire you up, and get you wanting to level up your effort and grind, so you can level up your shine. So, if next level success is on your mind (and it doesn’t matter if it’s fitness related, work related, or business related) leverage these powerful grind quotes to help you get motivated to do what it takes to achieve your aims.

BEST MOTIVATIONAL GRIND QUOTES

1. “Let them sleep while you grind. Let them party while you work. The difference will show.” – Eric Thomas

2. “The harder you work, the luckier you get.” – Gary Player

3.  “I love the work, love the grind. I love what I have to go through to get what I want.”  –  Deshaun Watson

4. “It takes time, it’s a grind. There are no shortcuts. You’ve got to grind and grind.” – Mark Cuban

5. “It’s not about money or connections — It’s the willingness to outwork and outlearn everyone when it comes to your business. And if it fails, you learn from what happened and do a better job next time.” – Mark Cuban

6. “What I lack in talent, I compensate with my willingness to grind it out. That’s the secret of my life.” – Guy Kawasaki

7. “Don’t whine for it, grind for it.” – Chanda Temple

8. “Work like hell.” – Elon Musk

9. “I describe myself as a grinder.” – Mark Cuban

10. “All I know is Grind.” – Ray Lewis

11. “Monday, I grind. Tuesday, I grind. Wednesday, I grind. Thursday, I grind. Friday, I grind. Saturday, I grind. Sunday, I grind. And, that’s why I’m here today.” – Eric Thomas

12. “Everybody wants to be famous, but nobody wants to do the work. I live by that. You grind hard so you can play hard. At the end of the day, you put all the work in, and eventually it’s pay off. It could be in a year, it could be in 30 years. Eventually, your hard work will pay off.” – Kevin Hart

13. “My confidence comes from the daily grind—training my butt off day in and day out.” – Hope Solo

14.Greatness is earned, not given.” – J.J. Watt

15. “In the end your success will speak for itself.” – Patrick Bet-David

16. “Grind while they sleep, learn while they party, live like they dream.” – Grant Cardone

17. “The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.” – Ray Lewis

18. “Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven’t planted.” – David Bly

19. “You’ve gotta learn to love the grind. Because life is the grind.” – John Calipan

20. “Grind hard, shine hard.” – Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson

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21. “Everyone wants the results without doing the work. However, every single “winner” that I know… Loves the process… Loves the grind… Loves the late nights… Loves the difficulties… And loves the challenges…” – Andy Frisella

22. “Grind in silence and let your achievements make the noise.” – Anonymous

23. “I want to make it clear that it is the love of labor and not the love of money that will give you rewards.  There is a big difference in going to work and loving to work.” – Gene Simmons

24. “A dream does not become reality through magic; it takes sweat, determination, and hard work.” – Colin Powell

25. “Success requires a positive mind and a steady grind.” – Grind Quote

26. “G + R + I + N + D = Get Ready It’s a New Day.” – The Strive

27. “Keep making moves. Never stop working. Never stop grinding.” – Anonymous

28. “Product outweighs talent.” – Master P

29. “If you really look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” – Steve Jobs

30. “I am grinding while your sleeping.”  –  Gary Vaynerchuk

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31. “Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it all away from you.” – Mark Cuban

32. “You can’t cheat the grind, it knows how much you have invested. It wont give you anything you haven’t worked for.” – Eric Thomas

33. Persistence can grind an iron beam down to a needle.” – Chinese Proverb

34. “If you want to enjoy the second half of your life, keep your nose to the grindstone in the first half of your life.” – B.C. Forbes

35. “Don’t let anybody work harder than you do.” – Serena Williams

36. “You have to stay focused and be mentally tough. That’s what I’ve really learned: every day is a grind, and you have to go hard.” – Chris Gronkowski

37. “I don’t have to put you into the hate bank. There’s no hate, it’s all filtered out man ,through the grind.” – David Goggins

38. “Every day some ordinary person does something extraordinary. Today it’s your turn.” – Lou Holtz

39. “Work your a** off, there is no magic pill.” – Arnold Schwarzenegger

40. “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” – Oprah Winfrey

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41. “I respect the grind, I respect the process, and I respect what it takes to be great.” – Jalen Hurts

42. “Skill is only developed by hours and hours of work.” – Usain Bolt

43.  “I would rather risk wearing out than rusting out.” – Theodore Roosevelt

44. “Luck favors the people who are willing to grind it out.” – Guy Kawasaki

45. “Don’t stop until you’re proud.” – Grind Quote

46.  “I just say rise and grind and hustle for the muscle.” – A.J. Odudu

47. “Everyone wants things for free. You’ve got to put in the work. You’ve got to grind.” – Conor McGregor

48. “Genius often really is just persistence in disguise.” – Ryan Holiday

49. “To triple your gains, you must triple your effort.” – Anonymous

50. “It’s the grind that sharpens the axe.” – Jocko Willink

51. “The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight, But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night.” – Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

52. “Each man is the smith of his own fortune.” – Appius Claudius

53. “I don’t stop when I’m tired, I stop when I’m done.” – David Goggins

54. “Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” – William James

55. “Fall down seven times, get up eight.” – Japanese Proverb

56.  “I’ve got a dream worth more than my sleep.”  –  Anonymous

57. “People just see the shine. They don’t see the grind, the bags under my eyes. It was a lot of grinding, setbacks… I ain’t finna let nothing stop me.” – Kodak Black

58. “The grind is like, you got to be there every day. if you’re there 3 days a week, it’s not as good as 5. you got to be there 5 days a week.” – Joe Rogan

59. “Life doesn’t give us what we want or hope for. Life gives us what we are willing to fight for.” – Ed Mylett

60. “There’s great joy in the grind, there’s great joy in the suffering.” – David Goggins

61. “Be a lot, do a lot, do a lot, have a lot.” – Myron Golden

62. “Dedication, hard work all the time, and belief.”  –  Cristiano Ronaldo

63. “Ease is a greater threat to success than hardship.” – Denzel Washington

65. “I see. I want. I grind. I get.” – Anonymous

66. “Good things happen to those who hustle.” – Anais Nin

67. “I love the grind. Gucci taught me to never stop working.” – Mike Will Made It

68. “Get rich or Die trying.” – 50 Cent

69. “The bigger the dream, the harder the grind.” – Anonymous

70. “No Grind, No Grit, No Greatness.” – Anonymous

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71. “Some succeed because they are destined to, but most succeed because they are determined to.”  –  Henry Van Dyke

72. “Nobody cares.  Grind harder.”  –  Anonymous

73. “Plough deep while sluggards sleep.” – Benjamin Franklin

74. “You won’t get much done if you only grind on the days you feel good.” – Grant Cardone

75. “The dream is free. The hustle is sold separately.” – Steve Harvey

76. “Obsessed is a word used often by the lazy, in order to describe the dedicated.” – Tai Lopez

77. “I’ve got a theory that if you give 100 percent all of the time, somehow things will work out in the end.” – Larry Bird

78. “Talk less, GRIND more.”  –  Atlas Rowe

79. “Greatness only comes before grind in the dictionary.” – The STRIVE

80. “Everyone loves the shine, but they don’t love the grind.” – Shilo Sanders

81. “There is no one way to grind.” – Daymond John

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75+ BEST INSPIRATIONAL PICTURE QUOTES AND MOTIVATIONAL IMAGES

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We all have rough days now again, and sometimes a few inspiring words of encouragement is all it takes to reinvigorate us and help us get back into the swing of things.  It doesn’t matter if you just need a little encouragement to help you continue putting one foot in front of the other, or if you’re seeking the type of inspiration that will get you running like you are on fire towards your dreams again, these inspirational picture quotes and motivational images will do the trick.

So, if you’re in a slump, struggling to push yourself, or looking for those final words of sincere encouragement to prompt you into action, let’s dive into this ultimate collection of motivational and inspirational picture quotes.

Best Inspirational Picture Quotes

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1. “Believe you can and you are halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt

2. “Always do what you are afraid to do.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. “I will prepare and some day my chance will come.” – Abraham Lincoln

4. “It’s the start that stops most people.” – Anonymous

5. “Ever artist was first an amateur.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

6. “As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live.” – Johan Wolfgang Von Goethe

7. “Don’t wait for opportunity, create it!” – Anonymous

8. “Believe in your flyness, conquer your shyness.” – Kanye West

9. “Don’t dream your life, but live your dream.” – Mark Twain

10.Follow your dreams, they know the way.” – Kobe Yamada

11. “That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.” – Abraham Lincoln

12. “A man’s worth is no greater than his ambitions.” – Marcus Aurelius

13. “Success comes to those who become success conscious.” – Napoleon Hill

14. “Anything is possible with the right mindset.” – Tyson Fury

15. “If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.” – Muhammad Ali

16. “Be obsessed or be average.” – Grant Cardone

17. ” Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” – Earl Nightingale

18. “Work hard. Work smart. Be patient.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

19.Ambition without action is fantasy.” – Bryant McGill

20. “For things to change you have to change.” – Jim Rohn

21. “The path to success is to take massive determined action.” – Tony Robbins

22. “Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.” – Robert H. Schuller

23. “Shallow men believe in luck or circumstance. Strong men believe in cause and effect.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson

24. “Aerodynamically the bumble bee shouldn’t be able to fly, but the bumble bee doesn’t know it so it goes on flying anyway.” – Mary Kay Ash

25. “Push yourself because no on else is going to do it for you.” – Mark Cuban

26. “Be relentless in your pursuit for expansion.” – Robert Greene

27. “I knew that if I failed, I wouldn’t regret that, but the one thing I might regret was not trying.” – Jeff Bezos

28. “Live the life you deserve.” – Inspirational Picture Quote

29. “Doubt is a killer. You just have to know who you are and what you stand for.” – Jennifer Lopez

30. “Never give up, for that is just the place and time the tide will turn.” – Harriet Beecher Stowe

31.You are never too old to set a new goal or dream a new dream.” – C.S. Lewis

32. “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life.” – Steve Jobs

33. “Don’t wait, the time will never be just right.” – Napoleon Hill

34. “Dream big start small, but most of all, START.” – Simon Sinek

35. “Success occurs when opportunity meets preparation.” – Zig Ziglar

36. “If you believe in it and believe in it hard, it is impossible to fail.” – Ray Kroc

37. “Stay patient and trust the journey.” – Anonymous

Best Motivational Picture Quotes and Images

We hope you’re enjoying our collection of inspirational picture quotes thus far. This next section is equally inspiring; however, these quote pictures are more motivational in nature. So, if you’re inspired, and now you’re looking for a good push, these motivational images and motivating picture quotes will do the trick. Enjoy!

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38. “Hunger is the only differentiation in people; it’s not talent.” – Tony Robbins

39. “It’s not about money or connections. It’s the willingness to out work and out learn EVERYONE.” – Mark Cuban

40. “What you focus on expands.” – T. Harv Eker

41. “Men of action are favored by the goddess of good luck.” – George S. Clason

42. “There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

43. “No one gets ahead by striving for mediocrity.” – Glenn C. Stewart

44. “Success without fulfillment IS failure.” – Tony Robbins

45. “If you don’t believe in yourself why is anyone else going to believe in you?” – Tom Brady

46. “You have to think big to be big.” – Claude M. Bristol

47. “Doubt is your enemy.” – Grant Cardone

48. “It ain’t about how hard you hit. It’s about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward. That’s how winning is done.” – Rocky

49. “There is no shortage of money in this world. Start hustling.” – Grant Cardone

50.Self-reliance is the best defense against the pressures of the moment.” – Carl Von Clausewitz

51. “I don’t stop when I am tired, I stop when I am done.” – David Goggins

52. “No one cares, work harder.” – Anonymous

53. “Rest when you’re dead.” – Motivational Picture Quote

54. “If we don’t discipline ourselves, the world will do it for us.” – William Feather

55. “Pause if you must, but don’t stop.” – Anonymous

56. “Success is dependent on effort.” – Sophocles

57. “I never dreamed of success, I worked for it.” – Estee Lauder

58. “You back up, but you don’t give up.” – Chuck Yeager

59. “Sometimes out of your biggest misery, comes your greatest gain.” – Steve Harvey

60. “Effort is grossly underrated.” – Gary Vaynerchuk

61. “Do the Work!” – The Ultimate Warrior

62. “Discipline is the architect of success.” – Motivational Image Quote

63. “Grow big by THINKING BIG.” – David J. Schwartz

64. “Greatness only comes before grind in the dictionary.” – The STRIVE

Motivational Picture Quotes on Greatness

65. “Big men do not laugh at big ideas.” – David J. Schwartz

66. “Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.’ – Moliere

67. “The people who want to step into their GREATNESS are HUNGRY!” – Les Brown

68. “Your past does not equal your future.” – Tony Robbins

69. “When you have a hard life, a tough life, SUCCESS becomes VERY EASY.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov

70. “It’s not how much money you make, it’s how much money you keep.’ – Robert Kiyosaki

71. “Sloth and prosperity can never be companions.” – James Allen

72. “Lost time is NEVER found again.” – Benjamin Franklin

73. “It’s not whether you get knocked down, it’s whether you get back up.” – Vince Lombardi

74. “Stay hungry, stay foolish.” – Steve Jobs

75. “Comfort is the enemy of progress and growth.” – Motivational Quote With Picture

76. “I was willing to put in the work.” – Ray Lewis

77. “If you don’t play to WIN, don’t play at all.” – Tom Brady

78. “What you BELIEVE yourself to be, YOU ARE.” – Claude M. Bristol

79. “There’s ONLY one KING.” – Khabib Nurmagomedov

80. “Whatever you want to do, GO DO IT!” – Ray Lewis

81. “Every mountain top is within reach if you just keep climbing.” – Barry Finlay

82. “It’s not where you start, it’s where you FINISH that counts.” – Zig Ziglar

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30 MOTIVATIONAL SAYINGS TO HELP YOU REACH YOUR POTENTIAL

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Motivational sayings and phrases can reinvigorate us. Sure, they’re just words. But sometimes, a few good words is all it really takes to rekindle that fire that burns within all of us — that fire that yearns to reach it’s potential.

No doubt, everyone experiences moments or days even when they feel unmotivated, uninspired, and scattered. But, the key to reaching our potential and those dreams that once filled us with hope, is to press on when the going gets tough.

With that being said, there are no better words than this collection of powerful motivational sayings and phrases to help you reawaken your fighting spirit. So, give them a read, and let them inspire and move to feel and act once again, like the Rockstar you are. Let’s get to it.

BEST MOTIVATIONAL SAYINGS FOR REACHING YOUR POTENTIAL

Best Motivational Sayings

1. “You Can Have Results Or Excuses, You Can’t Have Both.”

The person who wastes time making excuses for why they can’t do something, or why something won’t work, automatically puts themselves at a disadvantage against the person who immediately takes action.

So, get to work on achieving the results you seek, and leave the excuse making for your competitors.

2. “A Winner Is A Dreamer Who Never Gives Up.”

There really is only one true way to fail in life, and that is to give up. Slowing down, pivoting, and recalibrating is not the same as giving up. So don’t fret if you’re in a rut, and if things are challenging for you at the moment.

Just stay determined to keep moving forward no matter what, and the obstacles life throws your way will eventually get out of your way.

3. “If You’re Circle Doesn’t Inspire You… You Don’t Have a Circle, You Have a Cage.”

Too many people fail to see that what’s really holding them back is not a lack of ambition, lack of talent, or lack of skills, but rather, a lack of clarity that some of the people in our lives are suppressing our potential.

So, be sure to pay special attention to who the doubters, the negative-nellies, and the short-sighted people are in your life, and minimize the amount of time you spend with them.

4. “Great Things Never Come From Comfort Zones.”

Study a handful of successful people, and you’ll quickly realized that many had to overcome various situations of discomfort before they reached their aims.

So, embrace this motivational phrase, and learn from many successful people who have come before you to get comfortable with being uncomfortable.

5. “Pause If You Must, But Don’t Stop.”

Success is hard, not doubt about it. But the challenge in reaching your aim is partially what makes what you are striving for so valuable. So, take a break if you must. Recharge, pivot, or reassess your approach, but whatever you do, do not throw in the towel.

6. “Success Is The Best Revenge.”

Remember those who doubted you? Remember the people who laughed at your dreams?

Never forget them. In fact, make it point some day relish in their astonishment of your massive levels of success. Keep pressing forward, and that day will come.

7. “Work Hard, Stay Humble.”

Work hard and you’ll see results. Success always flows towards the hard worker; but, don’t get too ahead of yourself when your success arrives. Don’t let your “wins” lull you into complacency, because that’s when you’ll surely lose.

So, work hard, keep working hard, and regardless of how much success you achieve, always stay humble.

8. “Life Has No Rewind, Enjoy Every Minute.”

It’s easy to forget that what we do matters. Every action or inaction on our part is a collection of what our life is to become. Unfortunately, too many of us take for granted the potential that each day holds for us.

So, let us not waste another moment doing things that won’t enrich lives, let us not waste anymore time on things that don’t bring us closer to our dreams.

9. “Dreams Weigh More Than Excuses.”

If your dreams are truly important to you, you won’t make excuses for why you can’t achieve them. If your dreams are important to you, you’ll do whatever it takes to make them a reality.

So, let your dreams pull you away from those pesky excuses, and nudge you into action.

10. “No One Cares, Work Harder.”

This is one of our favorite motivational sayings, believe it or not, most people don’t really care about whether or not you reached your goal, or why you haven’t, especially why you haven’t. Accomplishment is a personal thing. It only matters to the person who has the power to make them real.

So, no more excuses, no more telling others why you can’t or haven’t achieved something. Just get to work on turning our dreams into reality.

11. “Nothing Changes If Nothing Changes.”

They say the definition of insanity is doing the same things over and over again, but expecting different results. So, if truly want to make change and start seeing some progress in your endeavors, do the sane thing, and switch some things up.

12. “Good Things Come To Those Who Go Out And Fu***ng Hustle.”

This is an extremely popular motivational phrase used by many brands across the web. And it’s popular for a reason, it speaks the truth.

You want to see more prosperity, find more luck, and achieve more success? Hustle, hustle, and hustle some more!

13. “Stop Saying “I Wish”, Start Saying “I Will”.”

Wishes are for children. Will is for achievers. So, put away the childish thinking, step up to plate, get into the arena of life and choose to start making things happen for you now.

14. “Hustle Until Your Haters Ask If You’re Hiring.”

The second best way to the silence your haters is to become so unbelievably successful, that they brag to others about knowing who you are. However, the best way to silence them, is to shine so bright, they’d be honored to work for you.

15. “Rest When You’re Dead.”

Your competition isn’t taking a break, so why should you? If you want to win the prize, the promotion, the corner office, or have your enterprise succeed, you have to be prepared to outwork the competition. There’s no other way.

So, don’t you dare let up! Keep pushing till you achieve what you are after. It’s the only way. You can rest when you’re dead.

16. “Your Life Is Your Story. Write It Well, Edit Often.”

You are the author of your own life story. Everything you do or don’t do, adds to that story. The great news is, you have your whole life to create an amazing story.

So, do something today that will lend to the creation of an epic chapter.

17. “If You Can’t Change The Cards You are Dealt, Change How You Play Your Hand.”

It’s not what happens to you that makes the difference in how your life turns out, it’s what you do about what happens. So, take ownership of your situation, choose to make the best of it, and the best of it you’ll make.

18. “The Person On Top Of The Mountain Didn’t Fall There.”

We all have to start somewhere. Some of us start near the top, some towards the middle, and others near the bottom. But regardless of where you start, you can’t reach the mountain top if you don’t climb.

So, stay laser-focused on your destination, keep putting one foot in front of the other, and you will eventually reach your mountain top.

19. “The Harder You Work, The Luckier You Get.”

Action is the goddess of good luck. The more action you take and the more effort you put forth towards creating value for others, the more blessings you’ll have come your way.

So, embrace the hard work, learn to enjoy it, and before you know it you’ll be consider one of the “lucky one’s” who seems to have it all.

20. “Keep Trying. You Will Get There.”

Most people fail not because they lacked ability, but because the lacked staying power. In fact, almost every success story involves a moment of pushing through when everyone else thought they should quit. So, don’t lose hope you your hopes and dreams. And know that if you keep trying, you WILL eventually get to your destination.

21. “If You’re Not On Forbes, Get Back To Work.”

Don’t settle. Aim for the highest and best in life, because it’s the only way you’ll ever achieve it. So if you haven’t reached your pinnacle yet, get back to it.

22. “You Miss 100% Of The Shots You Don’t Take.”

Everything is a numbers game. Life, success, relationships, you name it, it’s all a numbers game. And those who keep swinging, keep shooting, keep trying eventually hit their mark.

23. “Keep Looking Up, That’s The Secret Of Life.”

We move in the direction we face, and when we’re down, especially if we keep looking down, well…. we’ll stay down.

So, keep your face to the sunshine and your eyes on the prize, and the day will come when your dreams are realized.

24. “Follow Your Dreams They Know The Way.”

Steve Jobs once said that we should have the courage to follow our hearts and intuition. He said that our hearts somehow already know what we truly want to become. Do you believe it? We do!

Follow your dreams, they truly know the way.

25. “Act As If What You Do Makes A Difference. IT DOES.”

Your dreams matter, but if you treat them like they don’t, they’ll prove you right.

There’s an old saying that states “Life’s battles don’t always go to the stronger or faster man, but sooner or later the one who wins, Is the one who thinks he can!

26. “Ideas Mean Nothing Without Execution.”

Execution is the name of the game. If you never take action on those great ideas you have in your mind, nothing will ever come of them.

So, when you have an good idea, seize your moment and take action on it.

27. “You Can Make Excuses, Or You Can Make History, You Can’t Do Both.”

Every great achievement was born of effort and action. No one gets to their mountain top with excuses and slothfulness. So, commit to your dream, and never make excuses for why you can’t take action to bring it to life, and one day it’ll become your reality.

28. “Rule #1, Don’t Be #2.”

Competition is the way of the world, and if you want to win your prize, you have to prepare to be the best at what you do. No doubt, you can settle for second-best, but if you do, you’ll have only yourself to blame for your second-rate life.

So pay heed to this motivational saying and strive for the best, always.

29. “The Path To Success Is Failure.”

Success is achievable, but it requires for almost every single person who endeavors to achieve it, a bit of failure. So, take note, be ready when it comes, and commit to pushing through no matter what.

30. “No Guts, No Glory, No Legend, No Story.”

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You have to be willing to take some risks to achieve a better future. Big risk, big reward, small risk, small reward. Never forget that.

Bonus Motivational Saying

Bonus: Alright, here’s one of our most favorite motivational sayings. We think more people would be motivated to take action on their dreams if they followed the wisdom contained within these wise words. Enjoy!

“Doubt Your Limits, Not Yourself.”

They say doubt kills more dreams then failure ever will. Well, if true, perhaps the time has come to for you to start doubting your doubts. Perhaps the time has come for you to start doubting your limits and what you believe is impossible for you.

Final Thoughts

There you have it, the best motivational sayings to keep you inspired for success. We know how easy it is to lose steam and momentum as we strive for those things which are important to us. But, hopefully inspiring phrases and motivational sayings like these will help you get that pep in your step when you need it most.

With being, please share some of this inspiration with others, and don’t hesitate to bookmark the page, so you can back next time your motivation wanes.

Till then,

STRIVE

PS – If you enjoyed these motivational sayings, then you will love this massive collection of 365 motivational quotes and you’ll probably enjoy these powerful mantras for success as well.

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WHY CONSISTENCY AND PERSISTENCE BREEDS SUCCESS

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Consistency and Persistence Breeds Success

If you study enough success stories, you’ll eventually come to the conclusion that success demands both consistency and persistence. Sure, every so often you’ll have an outlier where someone actually achieved massive success within just a few short years. But barring being well-connected, having an extraordinary IQ or talent, or even a highly advantageous financial starting point, most instances of enduring success have been achieved by ordinary everyday people who consistently persisted. There’s no doubt about it, consistency and persistence breeds success.

Consistently persisting in the face of failure, against seemingly insurmountable odds, and despite when results are meager or forthcoming, is one of the most powerful keys to success. It’s almost a universal law, almost. But don’t just take our word for it. Take a look at a few of these examples, and you be the judge:

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Consistency and Persistence In Compounding Interest

Albert Einstein believed that compound interest was one of the major wonders of the world. Here’s what he said exactly, “Compound interest is the eighth wonder of the world. He who understands it, earns it; he who doesn’t, pays it.”

For example, if you persisted in consistently investing just $10 a day into an generic S&P 500 index fund (assuming a 12% interest rate) for 30 years, you’d be a millionaire. The compound effort of your investment, and the compounding growth on each year’s growth, eventually leads to a breakthrough. And after that breakthrough, stratospheric growth typically follows.

compounding power of persistence

If you’re wondering why we’re talking about compounding interest, it’s because both consistency and persistence is a key component. The magic of compounding interest isn’t possible without a consistent and persistent reinvestment. And the same goes for success in just about every category.

If you change up the amount your investing, and drop down to one cent a day versus the $10, your end result will be dramatically different. Which is why consistency is a critical component of this success equation.

Similarly, persistence is key as well, because if reinvestment stops, or the money is removed from growing in the market, the growth potential of that money also stops.

Hence, the success of compound growth relies on both consistency and persistence.

The Consistency and Persistence of a River

Here’s another example of the power of persistence and consistency. The Grand Canyon. The Grand Canyon is 10 miles wide, about 1 mile deep, and over 277 miles in length and is truly a site to see.

Now the Grand Canyon didn’t become grand all by itself. It actually required the help of a little persistent river known as the Colorado River. This river over the years, slowly, gradually, but eventually wore down the massive sedimentary rock that got in its way.

Consistency of Effort Quote - Duckworth

Now, if the river was diverted somehow long long ago, and the flow stopped, there would be no grand canyon. Or if the flow was strangled down to a weak little trickle, similarly there might be a canyon, but it wouldn’t be so grand.

Fortunately, the river flowed unfettered and free for millions of years. And thus, the persistent and unyielding consistent flow of the Colorado River succeeded in creating one of the most awe inspiring canyons in the world.

Imagine what you could create if you followed this river’s lead.

The Consistency and Persistence of Success

Here’s how consistency and persistence breeds success for people. First off, it usually works out best for those who are striving to reach their goals, as it requires intention.

After long periods of time comprising of sustained effort and persistent action, little success is typically seen in the beginning.

Sometimes, you’ll have to go years before you see any significant and worthwhile progress. Much like the example of compounding interest just mentioned, you’ll have to persist in consistently stacking effort upon effort, habit upon habit, accomplishment upon accomplishment. No doubt, there may even be a few setbacks thrown in along the way.

But, after persisting long enough, your consistent effort will eventually get you to your breakthrough point. This is a point just about every person experiences on their journey towards success.

Persistence and Success Graph

So long as you dig deep, tap into your grit and consistently persist, you’ll eventually get there. And once you do, your small successes will begin to accelerate. You’ll have more and more wins, and eventually you’ll be able to use those wins, as solid stepping stones to get to the achievement and success you’ve been chasing for so long.

If you want to experience success, you must be consistent in effort and actions. You must be consistent in your persistence.

FINAL THOUGHTS

Consistency and persistence breeds success. If you want to achieve something grand, or if you just want to reach an important goal, remember that you can achieve it. You’ll just have to commit to being consistent in your efforts, and persist in doing whatever it takes till you reach your breakthrough point. And then, persist a little more.

Till you reach those aims,

STRIVE

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