We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
PHIL MCGRAWWe are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
PHIL MCGRAWLearn when’s a good time to shut up
PHIL MCGRAWThe only difference between you and someone you envy is you settled for less
PHIL MCGRAWHey, dummy, you might want to take the time and learn to fly before you do this again!
PHIL MCGRAWThere are some sick people in this world
PHIL MCGRAWThese are our neighbours, our co-workers, friends’ children, the problem is closer than you think, but so is the solution.
PHIL MCGRAWYou must learn that you do not have to be angry just because you have the right to be.
PHIL MCGRAWIf you want more, you have to require more from yourself.
PHIL MCGRAWYou can’t put feathers on a dog and call it a chicken!
PHIL MCGRAWIf emotional pain or problems have cropped up in your life, you must insist on getting closure. Closure means you don’t carry the problem or the pain. You address the issue, then you slam shut the book and put it away.
PHIL MCGRAWSmugglin’ that by me? That’s like tryin’ to smuggle sunrise past a rooster.
PHIL MCGRAWIf you ever get started on the right path to change, there is one important precondition you have to meet. You must rid yourself of that gnawing and overpowering sense of urgency and panic that always seems to appear on the scene.
PHIL MCGRAWSometimes you’ve just gotta give yourself what you wish you were getting from someone else.
PHIL MCGRAWIf you do different, you will have different. If you begin to require more of yourself, that in and of itself is different.
PHIL MCGRAWLife’s a marathon, not a sprint.
PHIL MCGRAWAll begins with you surrounding yourself with the right people—the good and authentic people—and unsurrounding yourself with the wrong people. And we both know there are plenty of wrong people in this world.
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