When you first come up with a great idea, it’s hard to look past the initial speed bumps. People quickly get discouraged when they’re faced with challenges, and some people give up before they even start. They think themselves out of it. But here are 50 thoughts that can get you over the hump and on your way to success:
- Stop asking permission. If you want to do something, go for it.
- Do something. Doing anything and falling on your face is better than not making a move at all.
- Do something different. If your first try doesn’t work, rethink your strategy. Nobody got it right the first time around.
- Never give up. Rarely does anyone succeed the first time.
- You deserve more. Whatever you want, you can achieve, but you need to believe that you deserve it, and you do.
- Be crazy enough to think you can change the world. Stand up for your convictions.
- Stop giving away your time and talents. Do not let people take advantage of you.
- Create your own opportunities. Sometimes, if an opportunity isn’t there, you need to create one yourself.
- Stop waiting. There never will be a more perfect time than the present.
- There is time to try again. It’s never too late to be a winner.
- One step at a time. Everything you do brings you one step closer to your goal. Make every step count.
- Take the shot. You can’t score if you don’t shoot.
- You are whomever you decide you are. Don’t let others define you who are and what you will become.
- Forget someday, start today! Nearly everyone says someday I’ll do something awesome. Well, there is no better day than today to do just that. Do it now, don’t wait.
- You can do anything. Anything you put your mind to, you can do, but don’t try and do everything. Find the one thing you do better than most and do it well.
- Don’t listen to the naysayers. There are two types of people: those who say you cannot do something and those who don’t listen to the first type.
- Go the extra mile. Work harder than the guy next to you.
- Dare to dream. Successful people envisioned their goals and desires beforehand.
- Take a risk. If you are not willing to take a risk, be prepared to settle for an average, ordinary life.
- You have a support group. True friends and family might think you’re crazy but regardless, they will be there when you need them.
- Failure is not the end of your goal. Chalk it up to experience and get out there and try to reach your goal via a different path.
- Roadblocks are temporary. Take a detour: around, over, under, it doesn’t matter.
- You’re your best teacher. Self-taught people are plentiful within the higher echelons of success.
- It gets better and easier as you move along. The biggest hurdle for most is getting started.
- You are not ordinary. Take extraordinary measures.
- Always make improvements. Do not take anything for granted.
- Don’t have regrets. Work hard so you know you’ve done everything you could.
- Jump out of your comfort zone. Do something that scares you.
- Empower yourself. You are both the biggest reason for your success and your mistakes.
- Go against the grain. If you are in the majority, you’re likely a follower.
- Design the plan for your life. If you let other people design it for you, you won’t get far.
- Get excited about your future success. Focus less on your fear of failure and more about your success.
- Make mistakes and learn from them. Mistakes will be made, just don’t make the same one twice.
- Don’t reach the end of your life with things left to do. It’s not about the length of your life, it’s what you did with it.
- If you’re right, keep at it. Sometimes, you will have to engage in the same battle more than once.
- Be passionate. Stop chasing financial rewards. Follow your passion and you will find success.
- Don’t be good, be great. Anyone can be good at something; the great ones work harder.
- Do what you can with what you have. Be resourceful and use whatever you have to do whatever you want.
- Leave behind an extraordinary legacy. Let people remember someone who worked hard for everything they ever earned.
- Do what you would do if you weren’t afraid. Attempt something you would do if you felt there was no chance to fail.
- Don’t think of failing as an impediment to success. The more you fail, the more you can learn.
- Stop talking and take action. Anyone can talk a good game. Not everyone can do it.
- Accept any challenges on your road to success. You can’t choose which ones you like.
- You are your best investment. Self-growth is the true sign of success.
- Imagination can take you anywhere. Sometimes you need to throw logic aside.
- Desire makes a difference. The difference between successful and unsuccessful is rarely talent. It’s the level of desire.
- You need a plan. Nobody plans to be lazy, it’s just what happens when you don’t have a plan.
- Take one idea and live it. Keep your focus on your one idea and cultivate it every day.
- Chase perfection. Nobody can attain perfection but chasing it leads to excellence.
- Let go of your life plan. Accept life as it comes and roll with it.