Month: May 2025

Ding-Dong  How to redouble your satisfaction

1. Have the habit of planning work not only for tomorrow but also for goals in the future. Work for a purpose which carries through hardships and over obstacles.

2. Have the habit of working on things that count. Avoid enticing distractions. Know that the steam that blows the whistle does not turn the wheel. Work with foresight.

3. Have the habit of saying “no” to things that will not help production. Keep on the main highway, off the detours.

4. Have the habit of reading books and magazines that help in the work. Keep priming your head with ideas, facts, and inspiration.

5. Have the habit of doing the unpleasant job first. Do not paralyze present activity by letting past work hang over your heads.

6. Have the habit of making yourselves work. Keep effort alive.

7. Have the habit of deciding trifles quickly. Do not putter around trying to decide what to do next.

8. Have the habit of starting vigorously and promptly, often early in the morning. Do not let the grass grow under foot.

9. Have the habit of working like craftsmen. By working for quality, more gets done, and greater satisfaction is attained than in rushing for quantity.

10. Have the habit of using spare time, the habit of using both hands, the habit of doing two things at once. Use each minute before it disappears forever.

11. Have the habit of getting others to help you. Train others to be extra hands, eyes, and heads.

12. Have the habit of working for more than money. Pride in a job well done, in accomplishment, is more rewarding than a big bank account.

13. Have the habit of taking on more work. Keep expanding abilities and achievements. Catch up on work quickly, take on more work easily. Keep out of ruts by broadening the highroad. Put pressure on yourselves to do or sink.

14. Have the habit of requiring production from yourselves, of not accepting your own alibis. Crack the whip over yourselves instead of feeling sorry for lot in life.

In 1947, Donald A. and Eleanor C. Laird wrote a book, The Technique of Getting Things Done. 

Improvement Era 1951

Motivational Quotes

Motivational Workout Quotes

  1. “A goal is a wish. A standard holds you accountable.” —Tunde Oyeneyin
  2. “Some people want it to happen, some wish it would happen, others make it happen.” —Michael Jordan
  3. “You just can’t beat the person who never gives up.” —Babe Ruth
  4. “You’ve survived 100 percent of your worst days.” —Robin Arzón
  5. “Today I will do what others won’t, so tomorrow I can accomplish what others can’t.” —Jerry Rice
  6. “If something stands between you and your success, move it.” —Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson
  7. “The hardest part is over. You showed up.” —Jess Sims
  8. “You dream. You plan. You reach. There will be obstacles. There will be doubters. There will be mistakes. But with hard work, with belief, with confidence and trust in yourself and those around you, there are no limits.” —Michael Phelps
  9. “Allow yourself the opportunity to get uncomfortable.” —Alex Toussaint
  10. “Everyone’s dream can come true if you just stick to it and work hard.” —Serena Williams
  11. “The vision of a champion is bent over, drenched in sweat, at the point of exhaustion, when nobody else is looking.” —Mia Hamm
  12. “Sometimes, carrying on, just carrying on, is the superhuman achievement.” —Albert Camus
  13. “If you think you can’t, change your mind.” —Denis Morton
  14. “The successful warrior is the average man with laser-like focus.” —Bruce Lee 
  15. “All growth starts at the end of your comfort zone.” —Tony Robbins
  16. “The pain you feel today will show itself as strength tomorrow.” —Tunde Oyeneyin  
  17. “Exercise should be regarded as tribute to the heart.” —Gene Tunney
  18. “Enduring means accepting. Accepting things as they are and not as you would wish them to be, and then looking ahead, not behind.” —Rafael Nadal
  19. “The difference between try and triumph is a little ‘umph.’” —Marvin Phillips
  20. “Acknowledge the fear and do it anyway.” —Emma Lovewell
  21. “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” —Wayne Gretzky 
  22. “Most people fail, not because of lack of desire, but because of lack of commitment.” —Vince Lombardi
  23. “The most successful people reach the top not because they are free of limitations, but because they act in spite of their limitations.” —Michael K. Williams
  24. “I am Superman. And the only thing that can kill Superman is Kryptonite. And Kryptonite doesn’t exist.” —Shaquille O’Neal
  25. “When I feel tired, I just think about how great I will feel once I finally reach my goal.” —Michael Phelps
  26. “I am. I can. I will. I do.” —Christine D’Ercole
  27. “Your health account, your bank account, they’re the same thing. The more you put in, the more you can take out.” —Jack LaLanne
  28. “Do what you have to do until you can do what you want to do.” — Oprah Winfrey
  29. “What I’ve learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you’re hurting like crazy and you want to give up. … Success is often just around the corner.” —James Dyson
  30. “Don’t count the days, make the days count.” —Muhammad Ali 
  31. “Never give up because great things take time.” —Adrian Williams
  32. “We all have dreams. But in order to make dreams come into reality, it takes an awful lot of determination, dedication, self-discipline, and effort.” —Jesse Owens
  33. “Nothing is impossible; the word itself says ‘I’m possible!’” —Audrey Hepburn
  34. “Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” —Arthur Ashe
  35. “The impossible exists only until we find a way to make it possible.” —Mike Horn
  36. “Take chances, make mistakes. That’s how you grow. Pain nourishes your courage. You have to fail in order to practice being brave.” — Mary Tyler Moore
  37. “Treat your body like someone you love.” —Hannah Corbin
  38. “Never give up on a dream just because of the time it will take to accomplish it. The time will pass anyway.” —Earl Nightingale
  39. “To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.” —Steve Prefontaine
  40. “Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” — Mahatma Gandhi
  41. “If you give up at the first sign of struggle, you’re really not ready to be successful.” —Kevin Hart
  42. “Just believe in yourself. Even if you don’t, pretend that you do, and at some point, you will. —Venus Williams
  43. “Be savage, not average.” —Cody Rigsby
  44. “If you don’t fall, how are you going to know what getting up is like?” —Steph Curry
  45. “The achievement of one goal should be the starting point of another.” —Alexander Graham Bell
  46. “I never dreamed about success. I worked for it.” —Estée Lauder
  47. “Your passion will propel you.” —Alex Toussaint
  48. “You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” —Stephen King
  49. “Work like there is someone working 24 hours a day to take it away from you.” —Mark Cuban
  50. “Your mind is your strongest muscle.” —Tunde Oyeneyin