Denis Waitley
Denis Waitley
Denis E. Waitley, is an American motivational speaker, writer and consultant. He has been recognized as the best-selling author of the audio series, The Psychology of Winning and books such as "Seeds of Greatness" and "The Winner's Edge". Waitley has been inducted into the International Speakers' Hall of Fame...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
CountryUnited States of America
best-effort giving effort
Give your best effort, because you are worth your best effort.
sports attitude self
Habits start out as off-hand remarks, magazine advertisements, friendly hints, experiments - like flimsy cobwebs with little substance. They grow with practice, layer by layer - thought on thought - fused with imagination and emotion until they become like steel cables - unbreakable. Habits are attitudes which grow from cobwebs into cables that control your everyday life. Self-discipline alone can make or break a habit. Self discipline alone can effect a permanent change in your self image and in you. Self-discipline achieves goals. Self discipline is not 'doing without,' it is 'doing within.'
goal firsts life-is
The reason so many individuals fail to achieve their goals in life is that they never really set them in the first place
energy easy projects
Recognize when your peak energy occurs during the day. Allocate the most difficult projects to that period. Work on easy projects at low-energy times
encouragement goal winner
Failures do what is tension relieving, while winners do what is goal achieving.
attitude winning
Winning is all in the attitude!
space break-through imagination
One of the wonderful aspects of the human imagination is its power to break through the barriers of time and space. It can see things not as they are but as the can be.
integrity finding-yourself ethics
Integrity, a standard of personal morality and ethics, is not relative to the situation you happen to find yourself in and doesn't sell out to expediency. Its short supply is getting shorter - but without it, leadership is a facade.
opportunity problem pessimist
Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem.
perseverance destiny long
As long as we persist in our deepest destiny, we will continue to grow.
moving mean persistence
Persistence means giving full concentration to whatever you are doing right now. ... Persistence is success through trial, error, resetting your goals, and moving toward the target.
winning simple self
The single most outwardly identifiable trait demonstrated by a winning human being is that of positive self-expectation- which is pure and simple optimism.
week wanted
Each week set 1 day aside to do something you've always wanted to do.
skills imagination people
Most people spend most of their time on low-priority busywork because it requires no additional knowledge, skills, or imagination-or courage. In a word, it's easier.