Category Archives: Success

#56: “To succeed in life, you need three things…”

Posted on by

“… a wishbone, a backbone and a funnybone.”

– Reba McEntire, musician and actress

Many of the quotes I’ve included in The Quotable Coach series discuss the benefit of vision and hard work to help you along your life journey. I like the added element here of having a funny bone, or a sense of humor, as we navigate this journey.

I personally need to take life a bit less seriously – to be more playful and light-hearted and to have a whole lot more belly laughs along the way. How about you?

Exercise:

What can you do to lighten your life journey, experience more humor and laughter and find a youthful, playful spirit that will bring more joy into your world?

Quotes are posted on The Quotable Coach a week after being sent out by email. To get the latest quotes straight to your inbox, pop your details in the sidebar to the right.

#17: “The most important single ingredient in the formula of success…”

Posted on by

“…is knowing how to get along with people.”

– Theodore Roosevelt

What man or woman do you know who truly stood alone and had a successful life? Even the archetype of the rugged individual, John Galt in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged, seems to be missing the vital component of community and quality relationships.

Quality relationships at home, work, and in our communities are a vital catalyst in making things work.

Exercise:

What do you observe when people do not have the ability or the desire to get along with others? What specific relationships in your world need your best efforts to create the shared successes you desire?

Quotes are posted on The Quotable Coach a week after being sent out by email. To get the latest quotes straight to your inbox, pop your email address in the sidebar to the right.

#15: “The road to success is always under construction.”

Posted on by

– Lily Tomlin

I live in Michigan, where we joke about having two seasons: winter and construction. How can this pertain to life, where it’s all about learning, growing, and evolving? The aging process and entropy itself are seemingly designed to deconstruct us.

Imagine wearing a t-shirt that says “Under Construction”. What energies must we expend to move forwards instead of backwards? Our minds, our bodies, our communities – and yes, even our roads – can all benefit from putting up the orange barrels and letting the world know we’re under construction.

Exercise

What do you want to build in your life? What roads need to be maintained or created to help you on your way?

Quotes are posted on The Quotable Coach a week after being sent out by email. To get the latest quotes straight to your inbox, pop your email address in the sidebar to the right.