Top 15 Dan Sullivan Quotes

Always make your future bigger than your past.

Questions are infinitely superior to answers.

People who spend most of their time putting out fires are usually also the arsonists.

Wherever you are, make sure you’re there.

A painting is never finished — it simply stops in interesting places.

Someone once told me the definition of Hell: The last day you have on earth, the person you became will meet the person you could have become.

Surround yourself with people who reminds you more of your future than your past.

What are YOU trying to accomplish? Do you have Whos in your life that give you the perspectives, resources, and ability to go beyond what you could do alone? Or are you keeping your goals so small to make them easier to accomplish them on your own?

We remain young to the degree that our ambitions are greater than our memories.

If greatness is your goal, it can only be achieved today.

If we were having this discussion three years from today, and you were looking back over those three years, what has to have happened in your life, both personally and professionally, for you to feel happy with your progress? Specifically, what dangers do you have now that need to be eliminated, what opportunities need to be captured, and what strengths need to be maximized?

It can be easy to focus on How, especially for high achievers who want to control what they can control, which is themselves. It takes vulnerability and trust to expand your efforts and build a winning team. It takes wisdom to recognize that 1) other people are more than capable enough to handle much of the Hows, and 2) that your efforts and contribution (your “Hows”) should be focused exclusively where your greatest passion and impact are. Your attention and energy should not be spread thin, but purposefully directed where you can experience extreme flow and creativity.

Never allow someone to be your priority while allowing yourself to be their option.” — attributed to Mark Twain

Happiness is not something you pursue. Happiness is not somewhere in the future. Decades of scientific research is clear on this point: happiness is where you start, not where you finish.

Specifically, what dangers do you have now that need to be eliminated, what opportunities need to be captured, and what strengths need to be maximized?