Quotes : for a Better Future

My Top Ten Rules of Success

2008-03-21T00:29:00.001-07:00

My Top Ten Rules of Success

by Donald J. Trump

If you've heard me speak, you may have noticed I emphasize several things repeatedly - never give up is one, being passionate is another, keeping focused is up there, and keeping your momentum runs a close fourth. I've learned those things from experience.

Here's the complete top 10 list I give when I speak at colleges:

1. Never give up! Do not settle for remaining in your comfort zone. Remaining complacent is a good way to get nowhere.

2. Be passionate! If you love what you're doing, it will never seem like work.

3. Be focused!Ask yourself: What should I be thinking about right now? Shut out interference. In this age of multitasking, this is a valuable technique to acquire.

4. Keep your momentum! Listen, apply and move forward. Do not procrastinate.

5. See yourself as victorious! That will focus you in the right direction.

6. Be tenacious! Being stubborn can work wonders.

7. Be lucky! The old saying, "The harder I work, the luckier I get" is absolutely right on.

8. Believe in yourself! If you don't, no one else will either. Think of yourself as a one-man or one-woman army.

9. Ask yourself: What am I pretending not to see? There may be some great opportunities right around you, even if things aren't looking so great. Great adversity can turn into great victory.

10. Look at the solution, not the problem. And never give up! Never never never give up. This thought deserves to be said (and remembered and applied) many times. It's that important.

Good luck!

You Can Overcome Any Problem With the Right Mindset

2008-02-16T02:27:00.000-08:00

"Don't dwell so much on a problem that you've exhausted yourself before you can even entertain a solution. It just doesn't make sense. It takes brainpower and energy to think positively and creatively -- and to see creatively and positively. Going negative is the easy way, the lazy way. Use your brainpower to focus on positives and solutions and your own mindset will create your own luck."
Donald J. Trump

The significance of a man

2008-01-25T09:00:00.000-08:00

"The significance of a man is not in what he attains but in what he longs to attain." - Kahil Gibran

No Fear!!

2007-12-28T05:14:00.000-08:00

"I will not fear
Fear is the mindkiller
Fear is the little death
That brings total Oblivion"
-Frank Herbert

Master Yourself

2007-11-22T07:41:00.000-08:00

"Don't be afraid if things seem difficult in the beginning. That's only the initial impression. The important thing is not to retreat; you have to master yourself."

Olga Korbut
Gymnast - Four Time Olympic Gold Medallist

Courage

2007-10-25T23:03:00.000-07:00

"Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires...courage."

Ralph Waldo Emerson
1803-1882, Poet and Essayist

Happiness

2007-10-23T05:45:00.000-07:00

"Happiness does not depend on outward things, but on the way we see them."

Leo Tolstoy
1828-1910, Novelist and Philosopher

Choose Environment & Friends

2007-10-22T02:12:00.001-07:00

"Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them."

W. Clement Stone
1902-2002, Author and Businessman

Accomplishment Has a Price Tag

2007-10-09T05:30:00.000-07:00

"Every worthwhile accomplishment has a price tag attached to it. The question is always whether you are willing to pay the price to attain it - in hard work, sacrifice, patience, faith, and endurance."
John C. Maxwell

The difference between great people and everyone else

2007-10-05T07:59:00.000-07:00

"The difference between great people and everyone else is that great people create their lives actively, while everyone else is created by their lives, passively waiting to see where life takes them next. The difference between the two is the difference between living fully and just existing."

Michael E. Gerber
Author of The E-Myth Revisited

Semua Kejadian aLaM TerJadi & BerGerak dengan Sendirinya - Atheis

2007-10-05T01:39:00.000-07:00

"Namun Al-Quran secar TEGAS membantah pendapat kaum Atheis itu dengan menyatakan, bahawa Allah lah yang mengatur semua ini. Allah lah yang berbicara dan memerintahkan langit, bumi, atom2, binatang serta tumbuhan.
Kemudian, ALLAH BERBICARA kepada Roh Manusia melaliu ILHAM & WAHYU.
Lantas, Kenapa kita takut mengatakan "SAYA BERGURU KEPADA ALLAH", Kerana Dialah Yang MAHA Mengetahui akanDegala sesuatu yang NYATA maupun Gaib"
(Abu Sangkan; Berguru Kepada Allah)

iSi HaTi BaPa

2007-09-26T23:39:00.000-07:00

Anak-Ku..... ..
Saat kau bangun dipagi hari, Aku
memandangmu dan
berharap engkau akan berbicara kepada-
Ku, walaupun
hanya sepatah kata, meminta pendapat-
Ku atau bersyukur
kepada-Ku atas sesuatu hal indah yang
terjadi di dalam
hidupmu kemarin, tetapi aku melihat
engkau begitu
sibuk mempersiapkan diri untuk pergi
bekerja.

Aku kembali menanti..... ..
Saat engkau sedang bersiap, Aku tahu
akan ada sedikit
waktu bagimu untuk berhenti dan
menyapa-Ku, tetapi
engkau terlalu sibuk.
Di satu tempat, engkau duduk di sebuah
kursi selama
lima belas menit tanpa melakukan
apapun.

Kemudian Aku melihat engkau
menggerakkan kakimu.
Aku berpikir engkau ingin berbicara
kepada-Ku, tetapi
engkau berlari ke telepon dan
menelepon seorang teman
untuk mendengarkan gosip terbaru.
Aku melihatmu ketika engkau pergi
bekerja dan Aku
menanti dengan sabar sepanjang hari.
Dengan semua kegiatanmu, Aku berpikir
engkau terlalu
sibuk untuk mengucapkan sesuatu kepada-
Ku.
Sebelum makan siang Aku melihatmu
memandang
kesekeliling, mungkin engkau merasa
malu untuk
berbicara kepada-Ku, itulah sebabnya
mengapa engkau
tidak menundukkan kepalamu.
Engkau memandang tiga atau empat meja
sekitarmu dan
melihat beberapa temanmu berbicara
kepada-Ku dengan
lembut sebelum mereka makan, tetapi
engkau tidak
melakukannya.

Tidak apa-apa..... ....
Masih ada waktu yang tersisa, dan Aku
berharap engkau
akan berbicara kepada-Ku, meskipun
saaat engkau pulang
ke rumah kelihatannya seakan-akan
banyak hal yang
harus kau kerjakan.
Setelah beberapa hal tersebut selesai
engkau kerjakan,
engkau menyalakan televisi, Aku tidak
tahu apakah kau
suka menonton televisi atau tidak,
hanya saja engkau
selalu ke sana dan menghabiskan banyak
waktu setiap
hari di depannya, tanpa memikirkan
apapun hanya
menikmati acara yang ditampilkan.

Kembali Aku menanti dengan sabar saat
engkau menonton
TV dan menikmati makananmu tetapi
kembali kau tidak
berbicara kepada-Ku.
Saat tidur Kupikir kau merasa terlalu
lelah. Setelah
mengucapkan selamat malam kepada
keluargamu, kau
melompat ke tempat tidur dan tertidur
tak lama
kemudian.
Tidak apa-apa karena mungkin engkau
tidak menyadari
bahwa Aku selalu hadir untukmu.
Aku telah bersabar lebih lama dari
yang kau sadari.
Aku bahkan ingin mengajarkanmu
bagaimana bersabar
terhadap orang lain.
Aku sangat mengasihimu, setiap hari
Aku menantikan
sepatah kata, doa atau pikiran atau
syukur dari
hatimu.
Baiklah... engkau bangun kembali dan
kembali.
Aku akan menanti dengan penuh kasih
bahwa hari ini kau
akan memberi-Ku sedikit waktu.
Semoga harimu menyenangkan.

Bapamu di Sorga,
(anonymous)

The Power of GIVE

2007-09-12T00:35:00.001-07:00

"The money I have is in direct proportion to the value I've given to others. The more I give of myself, incredibly, the more economic power comes my way."
Tod Barnhart
Author of The Five Rituals of Wealth

Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary

2007-08-31T11:39:00.000-07:00

"Failure should be our teacher, not our undertaker. Failure is delay, not defeat. It is a temporary detour, not a dead end. Failure is something we can avoid only by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing."

Denis Waitley

Courage vs. Fear

2007-08-17T03:08:00.000-07:00

People with moral courage rarely get medals, but it is the best marker of true character and a virtue others can be proud of.

"Courage is not the absence of fear but the resistance of fear, the mastery of fear."
Mark Twain

"The enemy is not what we fear; it is fear itself. If our insecurities and anxieties cause us to lose confidence in the power of virtue, we will lose something very precious."
President Franklin D. Roosevelt

NEVER GIVE UP

2007-08-16T06:18:00.000-07:00

"When you get into a tight place and everything goes against you, till it seems as though you could not hold on a minute longer, NEVER GIVE UP then, for that is just the place and time that the tide WILL TURN."

Harriet Beecher Stowe
1811-1896, Novelist

passion for helping others

2007-08-09T06:35:00.000-07:00

"Catch a passion for helping others and a richer life will come back to you!"

William H. Danforth
Founder of Ralston Purina

Paint Success Pictures in Your Mind

2007-08-07T09:25:00.000-07:00

"When you paint success pictures in your mind, you initiate an inner process whereby your attitudes, hopes, aspirations, and enthusiasm are elevated in response to an image of a more promising future. Every person who aspires must first sell themselves hope, the promise of a better life."

U.S. Andersen
Author and Speaker

Pressure

2007-08-01T19:38:00.000-07:00

"Pressure is a word that is misused in our vocabulary. When you start thinking of pressure, it's because you've started to think of failure."

Tommy Lasorda, American Baseball Manager

beginning of a difficult task

2007-07-26T01:33:00.001-07:00

"It is our attitude at the beginning of a difficult task which, more than anything else, will affect its successful outcome."

William James
1842-1910, Psychologist, Professor and Author

Mistakes are lessons of wisdom

2007-07-20T03:35:00.000-07:00

"When you make a mistake, don't look back at it long. Take the reason of the thing into your mind, and then look forward. Mistakes are lessons of wisdom. The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."
Phyllis Bottome
1884-1963, Novelist and Lecturer

Never Give Up

2007-07-19T04:52:00.000-07:00

"Things don't go wrong and break your heart so you can become bitter and give up. They happen to break you down and build you up so you can be all that you were intended to be." Charles Jones

Warren Buffett - Interesting Aspects

2007-07-13T22:31:00.000-07:00

There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffett, the second
richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very
interesting aspects of his life:

1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late!
2. He bought a small farm at age 14 with savings from delivering newspapers.
3. He still lives in the same small 3-bedroom house in mid-town Omaha ,
that he bought after he got married 50 years ago. He says that he has
everything he needs in that house. His house does not have a wall or a fence.
4. He drives his own car everywhere and does not have a driver or security people around him.
5. He never travels by private jet , although he owns the world's largest private jet company.
6. His company, Berkshire Hathaway, owns 63 companies.
He writes only one letter each year to the CEOs of these companies, giving them goals
for the year. He never holds meetings or calls them on a regular basis.
He has given his CEO's only two rules. Rule number 1: do not lose any
of your share holder's money. Rule number 2: Do not forget rule number 1.
7. He does not socialize with the high society crowd. His past time
after he gets home is to make himself some pop corn and watch Television.
8. Bill Gates, the world's richest man met him for the first time only
5 years ago. Bill Gates did not think he had anything in common with
Warren Buffet. So he had scheduled his meeting only for half hour. But
when Gates met him, the meeting lasted for ten hours and Bill Gates
became a devotee of Warren Buffet.
9. Warren Buffet does not carry a cell phone, nor has a computer on his desk.

His advice to young people: "Stay away from credit cards and invest in yourself and
Remember:
A. Money doesn't create man but it is the man who created money.
B. Live your life as simple as you are.
C. Don't do what others say, just listen to them , but do what you feel good.
D. Don't go on brand name; just wear those things in which u feel comfortable.
E. Don't waste your money on unnecessary things ; just spend on them who really in need rather.
F. After all it's your life then why give chance to others to rule our life."

To Have It All

2007-07-13T22:23:00.000-07:00

My journey of self-discovery continued, and I was expanding my sense of myself and my own identity. In many ways, I thought that I was finally starting to feel successful and happy.

I had a growing sense of well-being and satisfaction, and I adored being a mother and taking care of my son. I was enjoying my life as a single woman and investing plenty of quality time in my relationship with my son Michel. In addition, I bought a lovely, beautifully decorated four bedroom home in a wonderful neighborhood. I was making a good living, earning more and more each year. I sensed that I was on the path to my destiny of helping others.

I was feeling optimistic about life and more secure than ever as I consciously worked on developing a sense of worthiness. I was bravely facing my difficult negative emotions, learning what I could from them and actively choosing to replace them with more positive feelings.

However, there was still something missing. As much as I was making progress, I knew that I had the power within me to create so much more.

Financial worries, and fears that I might not find love again, gnawed at me. I didn't know why I was so restless and was experiencing a sense of lack. It didn't occur to me that my emotions were causing me to feel vaguely dissatisfied because they were so subtle that I often didn't recognize them. My positive feelings were there, but it was as if many of them were barely audible and I had to strain to hear them.

I felt that if I tried harder, I could "force" success and take my life to a whole new level, but I quickly found that I wasn't getting where I wanted to go, no matter how hard I worked.

Consequently, I held tightly to everything that I achieved while still being consumed by negative thoughts and feelings about what I didn't have. The success I enjoyed led me to want more - I believed that if I just made additional money, I'd be less anxious and more at peace. But the harder I worked to keep what I had and grab for more, the greater the fear I felt.

Then my income began to drop, and I frantically tried to figure out what I was doing wrong professionally. I took some necessary risks to boost business, but what I didn't realize was that by focusing on what I didn't want to experience (namely, fear, anxiety, and lack), I was holding myself back from achieving what I did want - contentment, calm, and abundance. I tried to believe the spiritual teachers and self-help experts who said that prosperity would be mine if only I'd accept it, but it felt as if I had no control over making more money. I was terrified of losing my business and my home, and I was getting sucked into a whirlpool of negativity. I questioned my self-worth and wondered how I could have the nerve to teach others about being successful. I was dangerously close to losing everything that I'd worked so hard to achieve.

Fortunately, that led me to my fourth epiphany:

"To have it all, you have to be willing to give it all up."

I needed to let go of the fear that I would lose myself if I lost my "things." I realized that if I did so, I'd truly be able to stop being so afraid. But did I have the courage to surrender it all?

The truth is that I didn't necessarily have to give up everything I had (I didn't have to relinquish my house, for example), but I understood that I had to be willing to give it all up. I had to be prepared to detach from what I owned, because by being attached to situations, I was creating powerful negative feelings. I didn't have faith that no matter what happened around me - regardless of what I might lose - I had the power to control my anxiety and fear and create happiness for myself. I was afraid that if I lost what I had, my destructive emotions would take charge of my life.

I realized that there was no reason to be possessive when it came to my material wealth if I could just have faith that everything in my life could be created again, because I'd created it in the first place. If you have the power to build, you have the power to rebuild. In my head, I trusted that money is just an outward manifestation of the abundance and wealth that's experienced within, but I had to be convinced of that in my heart. I finally understood that laboring to create the things I wanted for myself wasn't nearly as effective as focusing on creating my desired emotions. I didn't have to work or think harder; I needed to forge the positive feelings that were associated with my goals.

If I wanted to be confident, I had to create the feeling of confidence, and the universe would respond by helping me succeed. If I hoped to be wealthy, I needed to create a feeling of richness and abundance, and the universe would bring me prosperity. I understood that what I co-created might not come in the form I expected. (For instance, maybe I'd draw in new clients, but it would be through an unexpected avenue - or I'd get the money I was seeking not by acquiring additional business, but through another source.) Of course, I had to work to make the most of the opportunities that the universe presented to me, but I now knew that I didn't have to continue to frantically struggle to achieve my goals. I could attract the situations that mirrored my feelings of happiness, abundance, and confidence.

When I began to genuinely believe that I'm more than what I have - that I'm not defined by what I've achieved, and I don't have to point to material goods as evidence of my worthiness - my life started to change dramatically. I created the emotions that I wanted to feel, and the newfound power within me allowed me to grow and prosper as I'd never done before in my life.

Peggy McColl

Peggy McColl is a New York Times Best Selling Author and an internationally recognized expert in the area of destiny achievement. She has been inspiring individuals, experts, professional athletes, and organizations to reach their potential for the past two decades. She is the president and founder of Dynamic Destinies Inc., an organization committed to delivering sound principles for creating lasting and positive change. To contact Peggy in response to the story, you can reach her via her website: www.destinyswitch.com And, to get a copy of her new book Your Destiny Switch click here.

WASIAT NABI MUHAMMAD S.A.W

2007-07-12T08:38:00.000-07:00

WASIAT NABI MUHAMMAD S.A.W. kepada SAIDINA ALI R.A.;

Wahai Ali, bagi orang 'ALIM itu ada 3 tanda2nya:
1) Jujur dalam berkata-kata.
2) Menjauhi segala yg haram.
3) Merendahkan diri.

Wahai Ali, bagi orang yg JUJUR itu ada 3 tanda2nya:
1) Merahsiakan ibadahnya.
2) Merahsiakan sedekahnya.
3) Merahsiakan ujian yg menimpanya.

Wahai Ali, bagi org yg TAKWA itu ada 3 tanda2nya:
1) Takut berlaku dusta dan keji.
2) Menjauhi kejahatan.
3) Memohon yang halal kerana takut jatuh dalam keharaman.

Wahai Ali, bagi AHLI IBADAH itu ada 3 tanda2nya:
1) Mengawasi dirinya.
2) Menghisab dirinya.
3) Memperbanyakkan ibadah kepada Allah s.w.t.

Kepercayaan Diri

2007-06-05T23:53:00.000-07:00

Kita perlu berani dan percaya pada diri sendiri, walau bersama/berinteraksi dengan orang yang lebih berpangkat/kenamaan. Kerana sesungguhnya semua manusia itu adalah sama darjatnya pada sisi Allah.

"Dan milik-Nya apa yang di langit dan di bumi, dan kepada-Nyalah ibadah selama-lamanya. Maka mengapa kamu takutkan yang selain Allah?"
~QS An Nahl(Lebah) 16:52~

"Kepunyaan-Nya (segala Makhluk) yang dilangit dan di bumi. Semuanya tunduk dan patuh kepada-Nya"
~QS Ar Ruum (Bangsa Romawi) 30:26~

The Ultimate Meaning & Purpose

2007-06-05T22:54:00.000-07:00

Puncak MAKNA DAN TUJUAN HIDUP

"Maka hadapkanlah wajahmu dengan lurus kepada agama Allah; (tetaplah atas) fitrah Allah yang telah menciptakan manusia munurut fitrah itu. Tidak ada perubahan pada fitrah Allah. Itulah agama yang lurus; tetapi kebanyakan manusia tidak mengetahuinya"

-QS Ar-Rum (Bangsa Romawi) 30:30-

A Startups Best Friend

2007-04-23T02:50:00.000-07:00

Failing fast isn't just a strategy for startups. One of Silicon Valley's best companies at managing failure also happens to be its hottest - Google. "Fundamentally, everything we do is an experiment," says Douglas Merrill, a Google vice president for engineering. "The thing with experimentation is that you have to get data and then be brutally honest when you're assessing it." When introducing new features, Google has remained true to a "fail fast" strategy: launch, listen, improve, launch again.

During the brainstorming for the Google Toolbar, for example, the development team tried about five times as many key features as made the final cut, and most were discarded within a week of testing. Several of the features in the final version, including custom buttons and shared bookmarks, were prototyped in less than a week. Even when a feature is a full-blown failure, Google prefers to view it as an experiment that yielded useful information. That's what happened with Google Answers, a four-year effort to build an expert answer service that was shuttered in November, "I don't think Answers was a failure, because we incorporated a lot of what we learned into our new custom search engine," Merrill says. "The failures are the things where you don't learn anything."

Tom McNichol
From Business 2.O The Next Net

seorang yg berjasa dan bertakwa bukan untuk bermegah

2007-04-16T16:52:00.000-07:00

"Harapan saya, dengan bimbingan yang berterusan dan berkat bersama dalam uss group, paling kurang selepas 3 bulan semua ahli uss group mampu mencapai pendapatan rm5000 ke atas..insyaAllah.
Apa yang saya harapkan jugak, rezeki yang kita dapat bakal menjadikan kita seorang yg berjasa dan bertakwa bukan untuk bermegah". (Ustaz Sobri, The Forex Mentor, USS Group)

Habit of Setting Goals and Achieving Them

2007-04-04T07:15:00.000-07:00

"The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to achieving your dreams."
Og Mandino 1923-1996, Author

Living Simply and Successfully

2007-03-21T20:32:00.000-07:00

"The way I ran my company was probably very different from other businessmen. I never had predetermined revenue or profit goal such as such as to make $1 million in two years. My objective was to do THE BEST JOB for the agreed sum. No more, no less. I don't believe in owing anyone anything. So I NEVER BRIBE, give discounts or conduct UNDER-THE-TABLE DEALS. According my successful entrepreneur friends, this is not realistic way to run business but this is how I operate." (Patrick Teoh; A prominent figure in the acting and media industries for decades, The Best- Known Voice of Malaysia)

" A poorer person who can choose what he or she wants to do is much more successful than a rich man who does not have any options"(Patrick Teoh)

Source: Personal Money, March 2007