Mastery Quotes
The confidence felt, when dealing with genuine reputation, often outweighs the simplicity of price.
In the past, I have bargained myself away, believing that price was more important than cost, quality, reliability, or reputation. In the past, I was clearly wrong.
In this world there are those who enjoy giving people balloons and there are those who take great pleasure in popping them. And I wish to be remembered as being firmly in the first party.
Most men have professions, yet few act like professionals.
Sometimes, if you get too close to a subject you can miss what’s most important.
If your doctor told you that you needed immediate surgery could you perform it yourself?
We must design how we wish to be perceived, and then we must work even harder to continuously recreate and re-evaluate that perception.
From today onward, you will learn how to become evangelical about the many ways you help people.
You should feel so driven to help the world that it would weigh you down if a single person received anything but the best.
And by making that plan you have differentiated yourself from more than ninety percent of the population. You are one of the few, who has a clear direction, a decisive plan of action.
As soon as I can find the courage to put my plans to action, I will turn from being a “maybe man” into someone whose future success lies completely in his own hands.
Falling has become far more terrifying to me than rising.
A fool believes that math adds up, but also believes that they can master luck.
Thoreau went to the woods. I went to the mats.
We call it training. Not because we are training for Jiu Jitsu. We are training for life.
In mastering one thing, you have mastered all things because you have learned how to learn.
ReThink Training: The best process of learning is on the job, just-in-time, "nibble-knowledge" to incrementally transform mindsets and skillsets irrevocably.
Rethink Success: Most people will never achieve past their existing levels, because they don't understand the importance of changing their Mindset
Rethink change: Make change management irrelevant through Appreciative Leadership Innovation focused Expectations (ALIFE)
Rethink Your Success Mindset: At the end of your life, the only things that really matter... are matters of your heart.
It is possible to become world-class, enter the top 5% of performers in the world, in almost any subject within 6-12 months, or even 6-12 weeks.
Engaging in meditative self-reflection and gaining increased control of inner experiences provides a person with a sense of control over fear and trembling and the chaos of life.
Only inner-mastery can bring outer-mastery.
We must endeavor to be whole, whether in or out of a relationship, basing happiness on our own internal resources rather than relying on someone else to full the perceived gaps in our lives.
All beings are vast multidimensional masters. They may be exploring divinity or limitation, but they are masters nonetheless. Then it becomes ok to simply allow them their process.
One of the best kinds of thrill is defining, honoring, and achieving our goals.
The master initiate of any craft appears magical to the uninitiated.
We solely choose how we interpret something said, a behavior or action of another. No one can make us feel anything we don’t choose for ourselves.
There is no higher calling than service to your fellow man, and to do so through your own personal mastery of a craft is a gift enjoyed by few. Cultivate this gift, and give it away.
I am the master of my mind. I dwell on positive thoughts.
You must have goals for your life. Do not fear take a bold step to realize your goals.
The only way to get to where you want to go is to ruthlessly evaluate your where you are now. The key here is that your biggest obstacle in life is always yourself—not external factors.
Master Yourself and you master your environment! Such is the nature of wisdom.
Never condemn yourself. Always affirm positive words into your life.
The more people grow, the more they attain personal mastery. They become assets to the organization, not liabilities..
I can think of no more worthwhile aim than pursuing mastery in this craft while transcending one's own limitations.
By becoming a black belt, you will become whatever it is you wanted to be in the first place, and Jiu Jitsu will have served its aim.
we must remember that the end of personal mastery is service to others.
In my own life, I have always viewed personal mastery as simply a medium through which I become capable of providing more service toward my fellow man.
Begging is much more difficult than it looks. Contrary to popular belief, it’s a high art form that takes years of dedicated practice to master.
We must not learn to try harder. The key is to learn how not to try in the first place.
Any advanced student will tell you the best way to recover guard is simply not to get your guard passed in the first place.
In Jiu Jitsu, we often fall into the trap of simply trying a technique "harder, " rather than recognizing that it is a poorly chosen tool for the task at hand.
All of the great mastermind thinkers throughout history have known that we become our thoughts.
All negative emotion originates from FEAR and all positive emotion originates from LOVE.