achievement-gap

I want you to start realising how far away you are from being able to listen professionally.

Where he comes from, the education he has received, his family history, his wealth, they matter not a jot, but the perception he conveys - that my, boy, is the key. If they believe he belongs - that he is part of the room - then he does, he is. And whichever room he is about to step into, then that is who he must become.

Like the evangelist, I will shine with the light I have been shown, recognise that I have the ultimate solution for all my prospects, nurture that feeling deep within, and repeat the words to myself every day, until there is no doubt in my mind that keeping such good news hidden would be the very worst type of sin.

I will design my reputation and my resolve shall be absolute. I shall not give in when I know I can help.

If your doctor told you that you needed immediate surgery could you perform it yourself?

I was so sure that I knew what they needed and what I wanted to sell them that I never stopped long enough to find out what it was they wanted to buy.

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.

How we feel about those we give our business to is of vital importance.

You look green, immature. A young boy playing at business, dressing up in the manner in which he believes an actual grown-up would. Your viewpoint of business attire is one of wide-eyed wonder from the nursery door.

Sometimes, if you get too close to a subject you can miss what__ most important.

The confidence felt, when dealing with genuine reputation, often outweighs the simplicity of price.

I have discovered fallen trees across my path and have possessed neither the strength to move them nor the patience or tenacity to find an alternative way round. I have simply returned to where I came from, and told myself there had been no other choice.

Embrace the fundamentals like the closest of friends, for they will be the foundation of your future success.

Destiny and fate are of one__ own making, and riches and happiness are rarely found at the end of an easily-traversed path.

You__e got to be driven to become successful.

Everything would have been for nothing just because I simply didn__ listen.