“Where you are is a result of who you were, but where you end up depends entirely on who you choose to be from this moment forward.”
~ Hal Elrod, Best-selling author
“Successful people do what unsuccessful people are unwilling to do.”
~ Darren Hardy, former editor of SUCCESS Magazine
“Things don’t change. We change.”
~ Henry David Thoreau
“All around you is an environment that is trying to pull you down to Second-Class Street.”
~ David Schwartz
Leaving the herd is scary. Most people won’t do it — even if they hate the herd.
Most people are not willing to sacrifice the chains of their supposed “security” with the risky yet joyous freedom that comes from a life led entirely on your own terms.
Being mediocre is easy. Everyone’s doing it. All it takes is putting forth just enough effort to get by without getting yelled at. This is how most people live — how they’ll continue to live.
“All of us, more than we recognize, are products of the thinking around us. And much of this thinking is small.”
~ David Schwartz
Maybe you’re trying to leave the herd now, but don’t know how to proceed.
The key to escaping mediocrity is to become willing to do whatever it takes.
“Everything worthwhile is done through surmounting the associated negative experience.”
