About good speeches

When you walk your talk, people listen.

German proverb

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The right amount of advice

Listen to all, plucking a feather from every passing goose, but, follow no one absolutely.

Chinese Proverb

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I’ve got a question for you

Life’s most urgent question is: What are you doing for others?

Martin Luther King Jr.

Ask yourself this question every once in a while.

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Another formula for success

Again, this one is about success and achievement:

I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through – then follow through.

Edward V. Rickenbacker

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Try it out today

“Why not” is a slogan for an interesting life.

Mason Cooley

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Do you know satisfaction?

He who knows that enough is enough will always have enough.

Lao Tsu

It is not about having it all or about having always more than somebody or some past you. It is about having enough, which is more a question of mindset than a question of material property.

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Invent you life’s meaning [picture]

If you have never heard of Bill Watterson or zenpencils, than I would like to change that today.

Enjoy his latest and (as always) totally awesome cartoon:

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If you like this stuff, make sure to check out his homepage zenpencils.com

To finish today’s post, I wish my beautiful girlfriend a ha-ha-happy birthday! May you find the courage and the strength to invent and live the life you want to!

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Lead by example

Great leaders do not tell you what to do.

They show you how it is done.

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It’s the smallest things that matter the most

Small daily improvements are the key to staggering long-term results.

It sounds so simple and it may be, once you’ve mastered it. But there must be a reason why so many people worldwide struggle with long term growth and success.

They are not capable of daily improvement.

It is not about building a career or a house in one day. It is about you being a better man after every day.

Every night you lie down and go to sleep, you should ask yourself ‘Am I a better man now than I was yesterday?’ and you should answer with ‘Yes I am, because…’.

There is a great range of possibilities for reasons from ‘Today I greeted a stranger with a smile‘ to ‘Today I started my dream job’, it does not matter.

What matters is that you do not stop growing.

Grow everyday and no matter how small the growth may be, in a few months you will not recognize your former self (in a positive way).

Start today and remember: There is no room for excuses in life.

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Do not give up!

Our greatest weakness lies in giving up.

Thomas A. Edison

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