Yep! To me, the last part - bias for action - actually makes all the difference!

Transposed to a personal setting:

It's the sweat equity of following-up and following-through whatever you have set out to do in your game plan, with the end in mind, with intense effort and focused execution!

I have had been collecting and collating elegant quotes and/or fine witticisms ever since I was a young teenager in the late fifties, and my favourite reading companion was the Reader's Digest (besides comics and graphic novels), which actually started my ball rolling!

To me, most of them serve as "compressed wisdom"!

I often use them as vitamins for the mind, especially to start off the morning!

Here's one good one!

The Power of Vision 

In the words of author-filmmaker-futurist Joel Arthur Barker:

"... A positive, inspiring vision is one thing all successful organizations have in common. 

Having a positive vision of the future is the most forceful motivator for change… for success, that companies, schools, communities, nations, and individuals possess."

I fully concur! 

Achieving your dreams is always a hard thing to do. And many people believe that we can predict the future. We can’t. What we can do is create it.

With a positive vision of the future, we’re able to do this with imagination and creativity. 

Exercising your imagination will help you create a better future for yourself and those around you. 

Imagination is the ability to form images in your mind or make someone else create those images in their mind about what could be possible in the future.

Believe in yourself, and you can achieve anything you want. You don’t need to rely on anyone else’s power or strength for it. You are strong enough, powerful enough, and capable of achieving anything worth achieving with all your heart. 

All you need is the right strategy and the steadfast  discipline to work on it. But what is even more important than the things mentioned is the belief in yourself! 

Yep! Having a positive mental attitude means being optimistic about situations, interactions, and yourself. People with positive mental attitudes remain hopeful and see the best even in difficult situations.

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As I read, I recall vivdly this elegant quote from Kofi Annan, Ghanaian diplomat who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the United Nations:

"I am not afraid to dream. You first have to start with a dream. Build your castles in the air and give it foundation.

Without a dream, you are not going to get anywhere."!

Tony Robbins shares a very elegant insight:

"BUSINESS is a SPIRITUAL GAME. As a business owner or entrepreneur, it is your opportunity to do more for others than anybody else — in whatever area or industry you’re in.

It’s about what you GIVE, not what you get.

And when you’re obsessed with giving more – with meeting and surpassing the needs of your clients, you’ll not only succeed, but you'll make a DIFFERENCE in their lives.

When you decide to focus on giving instead of getting? You’ll reach more people and touch more lives than ever before – and you’ll GET so much more in return, too. I promise you, when you focus on GIVING and SERVING, you will experience a deeper fulfillment than ever imagined.

The secret to living is giving.

For all of you business owners, team members, parents, partners, and anyone who provides a service or nurtures a relationship with others, take a moment to consider:

What business are you REALLY in? How can you FALL IN LOVE with your clients?

How can we SERVE ONE ANOTHER at the highest level?... "