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Achievement Quotes

Personal relationships are the fertile soil from which all advancement, all success, all achievement in real life grows.

~ Ben Stein Quotes

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Quite often I have been faced with people who were praised and admired for their talents and their achievements… According to prevailing attitudes, these people--the pride and joy of their parents--should have had a strong and stable sense of self-assurance. But the case is exactly the opposite... [Whenever they suddenly get the feeling they have failed to live up to some ideal image or have not measured up to some standard, then they are plagued by anxiety or deep feelings of guilt and shame. What are the reasons for such disturbances in these competent, accomplished people?

~ Alice Miller Quotes

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The most effective way I know to begin with the end in mind is to develop a personal mission statement or philosophy or creed. It focused on what you want to be (character) and to do (contributions and achievements) and on the values or principles upon which being and doing are based.

~ Stephen Covey Quotes from The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People; p. 106

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We tend to view confidence as a product of accomplishment rather than part of the process that leads there. But supremely confident people were confident long before they achieved anything.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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Confidence is not a guarantee of success, but a pattern of thinking that will improve your likelihood of success, a tenacious search for ways to make things work.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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Stick with your own perception of yourself—living in your own world—and letting your reality, not the reality presented by other people or particular situations, control your performance.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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Anyone who strays too far from the majority view or the conventional wisdom is bound to be labeled “arrogant,” “a maverick,” “a Wildman,” “weird,” or even “crazy.”

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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If you really want to break from the pack, you have to risk being perceived to be as eccentric as these people. You have to think exception-ally—a LOT!

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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To be a top performer you have to be passionately committed to what you’re doing and insanely confident about your ability to pull it off.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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All the great performers I have worked with are fueled by a personal dream.

~ John Eliot, Ph.D. Quotes from Overachievement: The New Model for Exceptional Performance

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