It’s amazing how life will organize around the standards you set for yourself.

If all the people around you are happy with you, you are not doing great work. When you stop being like other people, they stop liking you. That's just how it goes. There's no escaping it. And it's okay. What you need to understand about that disapproval is that it's a sign you're doing something right.

Decide now that you are worthy of great wealth and it will be your first step toward great prosperity

The biggest difference between successful people and unsuccessful people is that successful people are willing to do what unsuccessful people are not.

The key to becoming world-class in your endeavors is to build your performance around world-class routines. It can be difficult, even futile, to predict or control what will show up in the middle of your workday. But you can almost always control how your day starts and ends. I have routines for both.

Seek out positive people who have achieved the success you want to create in your own life. Remember the adage: “Never ask advice of someone with whom you wouldn’t want to trade places.

Choose to make up for what you lack in innate ability with discipline, hard work, and good habits. Become a creature of champion habits.