Robin S. Sharma is a Canadian writer, leadership expert, and humanitarian. Born in 1964, he studied law at Dalhousie University and later founded Sharma Leadership International, advising Fortune 500 companies. He is considered one of the world’s top 5 leadership experts and has authored over 15 bestselling books on personal growth, leadership, and achieving one’s dreams. Sharma is also the founder of The Robin Sharma Foundation for Children, a charity helping underprivileged children. He is a sought-after public speaker, having presented at events for organizations like Microsoft, Nike, and NASA, and has been featured in numerous media outlets.
Robin S. Sharma Quotes
1. “Your “I CAN” is more important than your IQ.”
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2. “Be the CEO of your life.”
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3. “We are all here for some special reason. Stop being a prisoner of your past. Become the architect of your future.”
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4. “Small daily improvements over time create stunning results.”
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5. “Never regret your past. Rather, embrace it as the teacher that it is.”
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6. “Everything is created twice, first in the mind and then in reality.”
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7. “Ancient Rule of 21: if you do anything for 21 days in a row, it will be installed as a habit.”
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8. “For your life to be great, your faith must be bigger than your fear.”
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9. “We grow fearless when we do the things we fear.”
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10. “Change is hardest at the beginning, messiest in the middle and best at the end.”
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11. “Investing in yourself is the best investment you will ever make. It will not only improve your life, it will improve the lives of all those around you.”
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12. “Daily ripples of excellence over time become a tsunami of success.”
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13. “Mistake is a mistake only if you make it twice.”
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14. “Big people don’t make people feel small.”
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15. “Never overlook the power of simplicity.”
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16. “The mind is a wonderful servant, but a terrible master.”
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17. “The smallest of actions is always better than the noblest of intentions.”
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18. “Push yourself to do more and to experience more. Harness your energy to start expanding your dreams. Yes, expand your dreams. Don’t accept a life of mediocrity when you hold such infinite potential within the fortress of your mind. Dare to tap into your greatness.”
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19. “The activity you’re most avoiding contains your biggest opportunity.”
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20. “There’s a cure for aging that no one talks about. It’s called learning.”
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21. “Sometimes success isn’t about making the right decision, it’s more about making some decision.”
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22. “Getting lost along your path is a part of finding the path you are meant to be on.”
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23. “Life’s had to break you down so you could be rebuilt better.”
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24. “Dream Big. Start small. Act now.”
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25. “What gets measured gets improved.”
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26. “Greatness begins beyond your comfort zone.”
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27. “I once read that people who study others are wise but those who study themselves are enlightened.”
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28. “The purpose of life is the life of purpose.”
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29. “Awareness precedes choice and choice precedes results.”
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30. “Success on the outside means nothing unless you also have success within.”
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31. “Worry drains the mind of its power and, sooner or later, it injures the soul.”
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32. “Give out what you most want to come back.”
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33. “All great thinkers are initially ridiculed – and eventually revered.”
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34. “Make the work you are doing today better than the work you did yesterday.”
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35. “If your life is worth thinking about, it is worth writing about.”
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36. “Laughter opens your heart and soothes your soul. No one should ever take life so seriously that they forget to laugh at themselves.”
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37. “You can’t make someone feel good about themselves until you feel good about yourself.”
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38. “You can’t win unless you first begin. So start now.”
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39. “Dreamers are mocked as impractical. The truth is they are the most practical, as their innovations lead to progress and a better way of life for all of us.”
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40. “Join The 5 am Club. Your most valuable hours are 5am-8am. They have the least interruptions.”
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41. “Become one of the rare people who don’t know how to quit.”
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42. “It’s not what you will get out of the books that is so enriching – it is what the books will get out of you that will ultimately change your life.”
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43. “The greatest things in life all require commitment, sacrifice, some struggle and hardship. It’s not easy. But absolutely worth it.”
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44. “Failure is not having the courage to try, nothing more an nothing less.”
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45. “Don’t ask for respect. Earn it.”
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46. “Want more credit for all you do and who you are? Be the one who gives credit to others.”
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47. “The doorway to success swings outward not inward.”
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48. “My love of books was all that saved me.”
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49. “It is only when you have mastered the art of loving yourself that you can truly love others. It’s only when you have opened your own heart that you can touch the hearts of others. When you feel centered and alive, you are in much better position to be a better person.”
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50. “Cut your excuses in half and double your actions around your goals.”
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51. “What you focus on grows. What you concentrate on is what you see more of in your life.”
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52. “A little bit of fragrance always clings to the hands that gives you roses.”
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53. “If people aren’t laughing at your dreams, your dreams aren’t big enough !”
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54. “Be slow to criticize. And fast to appreciate.”
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55. “Being scared is part of being alive. Accept it. Walk through it.”
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56. “Fill your brain with giant dreams so it has no space for petty pursuits.”
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57. “Stop managing your time. Start managing your focus.”
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58. “The thoughts you think today determine the results you’ll see tomorrow.”
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59. “Criticism is the price of ambition.”
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60. “Be the Mick Jagger of the Mailroom, the Warren Buffett of Bookkeeping and the Bono of stapler selling”
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61. “The words you speak are powerful. Especially the words you speak to yourself.”
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62. “You are much closer than you think to creating a life you adore.”
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63. “Victims recite problems, leaders provide solutions.”
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64. “Every master was once a beginner. Every pro was once an amateur.”
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65. “What you focus on grows, what you think about expands, and what you dwell upon determines your destiny.”
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66. “Persistence is the mother of personal change.”
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67. “Life is short. Be of use.”
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68. “The Universe favors the brave. When you resolve to lift your life to its highest level, the strength of your soul will guide you to a magical place with magnificent treasures.”
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69. “Your life is too important to give it to distractions.”
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70. “Leave your ego at the door every morning, and just do some truly great work. Few things will make you feel better than a job brilliantly done.”
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71. “If you don’t act on life, life will act on you.”
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72. “If it is not a mess, it is not progress.”
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73. “Silence your critics. Ignore your haters. Delete your cynics.”
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74. “When your every thought and your every action is directed to your ultimate life goals, you become unstoppable and assured of great success and happiness.”
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75. “A runner doesn’t just show up and win a race. He trains long and hard. Do you just show up every day and hope to win?”
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76. “Lucky is where skill meets persistence.”
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77. “Small daily – seemingly insignificant – improvements and innovations lead to staggering achievements over time.”
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78. “Less gossiping, more learning. Less complaining, more excelling. Less walls, more bridges. Less fear, more courage.”
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79. “In your quietest moments appear your most true thoughts.”
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80. “Shatter all your fear.”
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81. “No matter what you are experiencing in life right now, trust that all is unfolding in your best interests.”
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82. “The real secret to a life of abundance is to stop spending your days searching for security and to start spending your time pursuing opportunity.”
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83. “Keep challenging yourself to think better, do better, and be better.”
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84. “Commit to becoming breathtakingly great in all you do. And that’s what you’ll become.”
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85. “The only way to permanently install a new habit is to direct so much energy toward it that the old one slips away like an unwelcome house guest.”
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86. “Ordinary people have big TVs. Extraordinary people have big libraries.”
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87. “Model the behavior you wish more people would display. Lead first.”
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88. “Go where no one’s gone and leave a trail of excellence behind you.”
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89. “Until our mission becomes our obsession, we’ll be chained to the realm of average.”
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90. “A problem is only a problem when viewed as a problem. All change is hard at first, messy in the middle and gorgeous at the end.”
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91. “What makes the best the best is they never actually think they’re the best.”
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92. “Daily exercise is an insurance policy against future illness. The best Leaders Without Titles are the fittest.”
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93. “Challenge serves beautifully to introduce you to your best – and most brilliant – self.”
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94. “Productivity is less about what you do with your time. And more about how you run your mind.”
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95. “Consistency is the DNA of mastery.”
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96. “The more you worry about being applauded by others and making money, the less you’ll focus on doing the great work that will generate applause. And make you money.”
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97. “Leadership is no longer about position – but passion. It’s no longer about image but impact. This is Leadership 2.0.”
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98. “Gratitude and fear can’t stand the sight of each other.”
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99. “The person who makes promises to everyone ultimately pleases no one.”
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100. “Lasting happiness comes from steadily working to accomplish your goals and advancing in the direction of your life’s purpose.”
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101. “Education is inoculation against disruption.”
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102. “Push YOURSELF to the edge of YOUR limits. That’s how they expand.”
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103. “Basically, to lead without a title is to derive your power within the organisation not from your position but from your competence, effectiveness, relationships, excellence, innovation and ethics.”
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104. “Success, like happiness, cannot be pursued. It must ensue.”
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105. “It wasn’t until I began to work on my inner life and know myself that my life changed. Success really does begin within. The size and quality of your outer life is only limited by the size and quality of your inner life.”
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106. “While victims condemn change, leaders grow inspired by change.”
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107. “Gratitude drives happiness. Happiness boosts Productivity. Productivity reveals mastery. And mastery inspires the world.”
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108. “Don’t confuse activity with productivity. Many people are simply busy being busy.”
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109. “Dreaming is great, but thinking big thoughts alone will not build a business, pay your bills or make you into the person you know in your heart you can be.”
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110. “The treasures of your life will present themselves to you only if you really are open to them.”
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111. “Great achievement always requires great sacrifice.”
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112. “Don’t LIVE the same year 75 times and call it a Life.”
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113. “An addiction to distraction is the end of your creative production.”
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114. “The only failure is not trying.”
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115. “If you don’t make time for exercise, you’ll probably have to make time for illness.”
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116. “Ideation without execution is delusion.”
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117. “There are no mistakes in life, only lessons. There is no such thing as a negative experience, only opportunities to grow, learn and advance along the road of self-mastery. From struggle comes strength. Even pain can be a wonderful teacher.”
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118. “Simplicity is the trademark of GENIUS.”
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119. “Leadership is not about a title or a designation. It’s about impact, influence and inspiration. Impact involves getting results, influence is about spreading the passion you have for your work, and you have to inspire team-mates and customers.”
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120. “The business of business is relationships; the business of life is human connection.”
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121. “Nothing can stop you until you choose to be stopped.”
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122. “Leadership is not a title. It’s a behavior. LIVE it.”
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123. “Bravery is the solution to regret.”
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124. “Run your own race. Who cares what others are doing? The only question that matters is ‘Am I progressing?’”
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125. “The beautiful thing about TODAY is that you get the choice to make it better than YESTERDAY.”
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126. “Leaders don’t make excuses. They create results.”
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127. “Run towards your fears. Embrace them. On the other side of your greatest fears lives your greatest life.”
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128. “Leadership is not about executive position or title. It is about connection and influence. At its highest, leadership is all about adding value to the world and blessing lives through the work you do.”
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129. “Do your best. And then let life do the rest.”
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130. “Victims make excuses. Leaders deliver results.”
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131. “Discipline is built by consistently performing small acts of courage.”
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132. “It doesn’t matter where you start. Only that you begin.”
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133. “Begin to live each day as if it was your last.”
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134. “Negative feedback can make us bitter or better.”
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135. “The way we do small things determines the way we do EVERYTHING.”
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136. “Knowing what to do and not doing it is the same as not knowing what to do.”
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137. “Only those who seek shall find.”
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138. “The bigger the dream, the more important to the team.”
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139. “Other people’s opinions of you are none of your business.”
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140. “When we give up on our dreams, we die while still alive.”
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141. “Success is all about consistency around the fundamentals.”
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142. “Leadership is no longer about your position. It’s now more about your passion for excellence and making a difference You can lead without a title.”
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143. “The quickest way to grow the sales of your business is to grow your people.”
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144. “To double your income, triple your investment in self-development.”
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145. “The average are addicted to leisure. The exceptional are obsessed with learning.”
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146. “Dreams don’t “come true”. Dreams get “made true”. You have the power to get up, execute and make beautiful results happen, day by valuable day.”
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147. “Your life is a mirror. Life gives us not what we want. Life gives us who we are.”
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148. “Own your morning. Elevate your life.”
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149. “Being humble is cooler than being famous.”
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150. “An extraordinary life is all about daily, continuous improvements in the areas that matter most.”
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