We run courses for government school teachers on Sundays. These teachers pay for their own food and stay; the kind of commitment you find in these people is remarkable.
Azim PremjiRead
Success is achieved twice. Once in the mind and the second time in the real world.
Interpretation
Success begins with a thought before manifesting in reality.
This quote underscores the importance of mental determination and visualization in achieving success. It suggests that the journey to accomplishment starts within oneβs mind, where goals are first conceived, and that these mental achievements must later be translated into actual outcomes in the physical world.
In practice
During a motivational seminar on personal growth.
We run courses for government school teachers on Sundays. These teachers pay for their own food and stay; the kind of commitment you find in these people is remarkable.
Leadership is the self-confidence of working with people smarter than you.
Excellence endures and sustains. It goes beyond motivation into the realms of inspiration.
The responsibility of philanthropy rests with us. The wealthier we are, the more powerful we get. We cannot put the entire onus on the government.
Ecology and economy are becoming inextricably entwined, and the world is becoming more conscious of this fact.
If people are not laughing at your goals, your goals are too small.
I'm starting to judge success by the time I have for myself, the time I spend with family and friends. My priorities aren't amending; they're shifting.
Don't bring your need to the marketplace, bring your skill.
The attempt and not the deed confounds us.
I have known lots of millionaires who were not happy men; they had not got all they wanted and therefore had failed to find success in life. A Singalese proverb says: "He who is happy is rich, but it does not follow that he who is rich is happy." The really rich man is the man who has fewest wants.
Success is finding satisfaction in giving a little more than you take.
The outside world wants me to have glamour; my fans want me glamorous. I won't let them down.
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