“Whenever I am in a difficult situation where there seems to be no way out, I think about all the times I have been in such situations and say to myself, "I did it before, so I can do it again.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“You must have a level of discontent to feel the urge to want to grow.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“When you work on something that only has the capacity to make you 5 dollars, it does not matter how much harder you work – the most you will make is 5 dollars.”
― idowu koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“Today is a new day and it brings with it a new set of opportunities for me to act on.
I am attentive to the opportunities and I seize them as they arise.
I have full confidence in myself and my abilities.
I can do all things that I commit myself to.
No obstacle is too big or too difficult for me to handle because what lies inside me is greater than what lies ahead of me.
I am committed to improving myself and I am getting better daily.
I am not held back by regret or mistakes from the past.
I am moving forward daily.
Absolutely nothing is impossible for me.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“Convince yourself everyday that you are worthy of a good life. Let go of stress, breathe. Stay positive, all is well.”
― Germany Kent

“If you are blind to your flaws, you can’t address them.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

“Emotions can be tools. We just have to learn how to use the right tool for the right job.”
― David A. Caren

“The magic of life is hidden in replacing fear with hope.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“The most challenging task in the world is to come out of our comfort zones.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“When an idea gets in touch with a conflicting idea, it creates a new idea.”
― Sukant Ratnakar, Quantraz

“The comfort zone is more dangerous than rock bottom! Comfort is your biggest trap.”
― Nicky Verd, Disrupt Yourself Or Be Disrupted

“She fell so many times that some of her friends decided that she and this whole tree climbing thing was a complete waste of time. ”She should give up, it's taken way too long”, said one friend.”
― Indirah Ambrose, StarChild 47: Courage will be required

“I'm not lucky. I'm determined. You can always find an excuse if you want to find an excuse, and vice versa. You can stay on your vision if you want to stay on your vision. It's a choice we get to make every single day. The difference is how you spend your time vs. how I spend mine.”
― Melissa Lynn

“Bringing out the best in others brings out the best in you.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, Leadership by Example: Be a role model who inspires greatness in others

“Man needs valor even to face success, because success can cloud his reason and make him lose merit for not having been able to avoid the excesses of personal vanity.”
― Carlos Bernardo González Pecotche (Raumsol), Bases for Your Conduct

“Sentenced to fade under the weight of external pressures—the eternal cycle of life at its most poignant. Whether we embrace it or not, there it stands—the somber truth that everything changes, and everything will one day succumb to decay and demise.”
― Ryan Gelpke, Peruvian Days

“There has always been a fierceness within you. It's time to let her out.”
― Renee Bauer

“Education is all about acquiring the knowledge that can lead to mental development and character building, not just obtaining a degree.”
― Shiva Negi

“To become the best version of ourselves, we must be willing to unlearn what no longer serves us and embrace new perspectives and possibilities.”
― Henry Johnson Jr

“The journey to becoming better begins with the willingness to step out of our comfort zones and embrace the challenges that lead to personal growth.”
― Henry Johnson Jr

“Don’t just eat food. Feed your mind, body, and soul.”
― Frank Sonnenberg, BECOME: Unleash the Power of Moral Character and Be Proud of the Life You Choose

“They say if you spend 10,000 hours practicing something, you will become a master. Well, this is nonsense. Either you are good at something or you are not. The number of hours spent won't change a thing, if you are not naturally talented at it.

A terrible singer CAN never become a great singer by practicing for thousands of hours. The same logic can be applied to many other fields. If the 10,000-hour rule were true, a 19 year old Mbappe wouldn't be able crush some of the most experienced players of the soccer effortlessly, who themselves have probably clocked many more hours.

If it were true, a 13-year-old Magnus Carlsen wouldn't have beaten the legendary Anatoly Karpov and drawn with Gary Kasparov in Chess.

Hours matter ONLY when the talent is present in the first place.

If you are good enough, the 10,000 hours will happen naturally over the course of your career. And if you are not good enough, then please QUIT before you waste your life away chasing those 10,000 hours.”
― Anubhav Srivastava, UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life

“If you are always in the “GO GO GO!” mode, you won’t stop to think that there might be a much faster, efficient and less labor-intensive way of doing things.

These are the kinds of people who in the stone age would have preferred to drag slides full of stones and called the person who thought about inventing the wheel “Lazy!”
― Anubhav Srivastava, UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life

“There is absolutely no denying that focused work is a component of success, but if we fall into the trap of only working hard for the sake of working hard, we become like a person who insists on walking around the world, but refuses to spend money to board a plane. It may be an odd, acceptable hobby but is disastrous in business.”
― Anubhav Srivastava, UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life

“It is wise to do what you love only if it loves you back. Follow your passion only if it rewards you in return.

We have been made to believe that there is glory in suffering when you follow your passion. Suffering for a certain time when the reward or the result will make up for it is certainly worth it, but there is no glory in mindless suffering for years when there is not even a light at the end of the tunnel.

So do what you love but ensure that it loves you back and if it doesn’t it is ok to love something else. When you follow your passion and it does not reward you despite your best efforts, it is okay to pursue another passion.”
― Anubhav Srivastava, UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life

“Suppose you love a person deeply and have done everything in your capacity to win their affection or try to keep them happy, but they just seem to never love you back, in fact they treat you harshly or cruelly, is it wise to keep loving that person for the rest of your life? You may love that person but is that love making you happy? No in fact it is making you cry.

It is better to realize that despite your best efforts, maybe that love is not worth it and it is better to find a partner who loves you the way you love them so that you live a happy life. The same is true for your career.”
― Anubhav Srivastava, UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life

“Don’t buy into pseudo-motivational words like “Talent is overrated. Hard Work is everything.” The truth is talent is the base, the starting point of everything, and no matter how hard you try to run as a dog, you are never going to beat a Cheetah.

Humans currently “rule” this world because of their unique intellectual talent, that no other animal currently possesses, not because of their so called hard work.”
― Anubhav Srivastava, UnLearn: A Practical Guide to Business and Life

“The best investment you can make is in yourself.”
― Brian Reese

“When you invest in your dreams, your dreams invest in you. The more you nurture them, the more they shape you.”
― Linsey Mills, Your Business Venture: The Prep. The Pitch. The Funding.

“She had spent years waiting for the universe to grant her permission to step fully into her own life.
But now, she understood— the power had always been hers.
The moon had never been burdened by wishes.
It had been waiting patiently for her to realize she no longer needed to wish at all.”
― Sean Delaney