Tony Robbins 10 Rules for Success

1. Raise your standards
2. Be truly fulfilled
3. Progress equals happiness
4. Love your customers
5. Add value
6. Have an exit strategy
7. Be resourceful
8. Pay attention to the little things
9. Look for leverage
10. Change your mindset

Quote of the Day

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Deep Thoughts Quote of the Day

""You complete me" are probably the most damaging words to come out of Hollywood. No one can complete you. No partner, job, degree or number of zeros in your bank account can complete you. Your happiness exists in one place and that is inside of you and it exists in one time and that is right now."

What Self Loving People Do Differently - by Vironika Tugaleva on MindBodyGreen.com

Quote of the Day

"All that is gold does not glitter; not all those who wander are lost; the old that is strong does not wither; deep roots are not reached by the frost."
J. R. R. Tolkien

PS - I want to read his works, haven't started yet.

Fave Quote of the Day

Never judge your book by someone else's cover - JeDa21

Quote of the Day

"It’s not like [we] start out with philosophies and then those philosophies shape us. It seems like we start with our own individual psychology and then gravitate toward philosophies that reinforce what we believe psychologically." - Harold Ramis, 2009

I was very sorry to hear he passed away at 69 years young today.

Favorite Article This Week

Life as a Video Game

I just found a really funny but common-sense article that totally made my day. Lifehacker Tweeted it out, and the original post is on OliverBerton.com.

This not only communicates a good message in a fun and appealing way, but it also makes me think about my own "game play" in life. I'm interested in improving my willpower level.


What really got my attention is this sentence: "All players die after about 29,000 days, or 80 years. If your stats and skills are good, you might last a little longer. There is no cheat code to extend this." So I better make something out of what time I have left, yeah?

Which reminds me of my favorite quote this year:

Told You So

Ned Stark was right...Winter is Coming.

Winter has come to Illinois, and it has come with a vengeance.

Quote of the Day

"Having once decided to achieve a certain task, achieve it at all costs of tedium and distaste. The gain in self-confidence of having accomplished a tiresome labor is immense." Arnold Bennett, British writer

Quote of the Day

"There's so many people who can talk and talk and talk
And just say nothing or nearly nothing
I have used up all the scale I know and at the end
I've come To nothing I mean nothing
So I come back to my first note as I must come back to you"

- One note Samba

Quote of the day

"Memory...is what I have instead of a view" - Hannibal Lecter, Silence of the Lambs

Favorite Quote Today

"As long as you’re getting recognized for your work, who cares about the big ego in your office?" From CareerBliss.com's How To Work With Big Egos

Key sentence here is "getting recognized" -- if you don't have anything to lose, you can probably get away with standing your ground and not letting someone treat you like a doormat (point #5) as long as the quality of work is at stake. If productivity towards the bottom line is kept in mind, with all activities, you should be fine.

Quote of the Day

"I should know better than to count on the future. All you can ever believe in is now. This moment. Because in a blink, everything can change." - Dexter Morgan

About the Third Metric

Spectacular new initiative, The Third Metric, from the folks who brought you the Huffington Post:

"About The Third Metric

The current, male-dominated model of success -- which equates success with burnout, sleep deprivation, and driving ourselves into the ground -- isn't working for women, and it's not working for men, either.

On June 6, Arianna Huffington and Mika Brzezinski hosted a conference called "The Third Metric: Redefining Success Beyond Money & Power,” bringing together women -- and a few good men -- to focus on redefining success to include well-being, wisdom, our ability to wonder and our ability to make a difference in the world.

On this page, HuffPost will host an ongoing conversation about The Third Metric and how we can chart a course to a new, more humane, more sustainable definition of success -- for women and for men."

Quote of the Day

"The function of music is to release us from the tyranny of conscious thought."
~Quoted in Atkins and Newman, Beecham Stories, 1978

Funniest Quote This Week

Am catching up to Dexter's last season and the most hilarious line was just dropped:

Hannah: then why don't you just save us both the trouble and just spit it out
Dexter: I want to take you out
Hannah: on a date?
Dexter: ...that'll work

Quote: The Man in the Mirror

I had a little eureka moment earlier. It's been an impossibly hectic day so far. I just realized that I like to seek major change when in reality what I seek is inner peace. Like Michael Jackson said so eloquently: start with the man in the mirror.

Recognition Feels Good

I was floored today when I listened in to the video recording of the press conference I helped plan and which took place last week, when I found out the report author thanked me (minute 1:00 of the video).

It feels so amazingly wonderful to be recognized for one's efforts. Thank you Roz!

Quote of the Day

"Noble souls, through dust and heat, rise from disaster and defeat the stronger." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Favorite Quote Today

"a double bed is too cramped for six"

From Tommy's Fatale blog, Grain Rain: Thoughts post