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Today's quote was submitted by Dave

Sam Levenson said, "Don't watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going." That's a great quote! The clock doesn't worry about whether it's having a good day. It doesn't stop because yesterday didn't go well. It doesn't say, "I'm going to take today off because I didn't accomplish enough yesterday." It just keeps moving. Wouldn't it be great if we could do that? Sometimes we get so focused on how far we still have to go that we forget how far we've already come. Maybe your business isn't where you want it to be yet. Maybe your career isn't where you thought it would be. Maybe you've got a personal goal that seems to be taking forever. Keep going. You don't have to make a giant leap every day. Sometimes you just need to move forward. One phone call One customer. One workout. One page. One good decision. One more attempt. Those little things add up.

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Today's quote was submitted by Rachel

Walt Disney said, "The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing." Ouch. That's a good one! I think sometimes we confuse planning with progress. Now, I'm a big believer in planning. You need a plan. But there comes a point when the planning has to end and the doing has to begin. I've had ideas that I've talked about for YEARS. And every time I talked about them, I felt like I was making progress. I wasn't. I was just talking. Then one day, I finally did something about one of those ideas. And once I started, it became much easier to figure out what needed to happen next. That's the funny thing about action. Action gives you information. You learn what works. You learn what doesn't. You make adjustments. You get better. You can sit in a room and come up with the perfect plan, but you won't know if it works until you try it. So if there's something you've been talking about doing... Maybe today is the day. Make the phone call. Buy the domain. Write the first page. Schedule the meeting. Take the first step. You can always improve the plan later. But first... Begin!

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Today's quote was submitted by Tom

Nelson Mandela said, "It always seems impossible until it's done." I love this because I've seen it happen so many times. Before something gets accomplished, it can look HUGE. Then you finally do it and think, "Well... that wasn't nearly as impossible as I thought!" I've watched people start businesses when everyone around them said it wouldn't work. I've watched people learn things they were convinced they couldn't learn. I've watched people completely change their lives one little decision at a time. And usually, they didn't have some magical advantage. They just kept going. That's an important lesson because when you're in the middle of something difficult, you don't get to see the ending. You only see the next step. And sometimes the next step looks really hard. That's OK. Take the next step anyway.

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Today's quote was submitted by Jennifer

Steve Jobs said, "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." I really believe there's something to this. Now, I'm not saying every minute of every job has to be fun. I've had plenty of jobs where some parts were definitely NOT fun! But I think there's a difference between having a bad day at work and spending your life doing something you don't care about. When you find something you're passionate about, you tend to put more into it. You notice little things. You care about the customer. You want to improve. And people notice that. I've seen businesses where the owner genuinely loves what they do. You can feel it when you walk through the door. The employees seem to care. The customers feel welcome. There's energy there. And I've seen the opposite too.

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Today's quote was submitted by Kevin
Wayne Gretzky said, "You miss 100 percent of the shots you don't take." You've probably heard this one before, but I think it's worth hearing again. How many opportunities have we passed up because we were afraid we'd fail? I've done it. I'm sure you have too. You think, "Maybe I shouldn't make that phone call. They might say no." Well... they might! But if you DON'T make the call, you've already received the "no." I remember talking to someone about an opportunity once and they said, "I don't want to bother them." I said, "What's the worst that can happen?" They say no. That's it. You're no worse off than you were five minutes ago. And occasionally... they say YES! That's how businesses grow. That's how careers grow. That's how relationships grow.