Hal Elrod Quotes

there is a connection between mornings and wealth. Not only does the world rarely sleep in, but the millionaires of the world almost never do.

On the other side of that line was freedom — the kind of freedom that can never be taken away from you. It was freedom from our self-imposed limitations. Although through our training we have grown to believe that running 52 consecutive miles was possible, none of us really believed in our heart of hearts that it was probable. As individuals, each of us struggled with their own fear and self-doubt. But the moment we cross that finish line, we have given ourselves the gift of freedom from our fears, our self-doubt, and our self-imposed limitations.

Your level of success, will rarely exceed your level of personal development, because success is something you attract by the person
you become.

Focused, productive, successful mornings generate focused, productive, successful days – which inevitably create a successful life – in the same way that unfocused, unproductive, and mediocre mornings generate unfocused, unproductive, and mediocre days, and ultimately a mediocre quality of life.

Research shows that on any given day, the average person thinks somewhere between 50,000 and 60,000 thoughts. The problem is that ninety-five percent of our thoughts are the same as the ones we thought the day before, and the day before that, and the day before that.

The degree to which you accept responsibility for everything in your life is precisely the degree of personal power you have to change or create anything in your life.

While coming to grips with my new reality wasn’t easy, and at times I couldn’t help but wonder — why did this happen to me? — I had to take responsibility for getting my life back. Instead of complaining about how things should be, I embraced how things were. I stopped putting energy into wishing my life were any different — into wishing bad things didn’t happen to me — and instead focused 100% on making the best of what I had. Since I couldn’t change the past, I focused on moving forward. I dedicated my life to fulfilling my potential and achieving my dreams so I could discover how to empower others to do the same.

In other words how we feel when we wake up in the morning and this is a very important distinction is not solely based on how many hours of sleep you got that significantly impacted by how we told ourselves we are going to feel when we woke up.

Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body and prayer is to the soul. We become the books we read.

Whether it's our routines or our relationships, it's our responsibility to actively and continuously make them the way we want them to be.

The Miracle Equation Unwavering Faith + Extraordinary Effort = Miracles

Life’s too short” is repeated often enough to be a cliché, but this time it’s true. You don’t have enough time to be both unhappy and mediocre. It’s not just pointless; it’s painful. — SETH GODIN

take ownership and stewardship over all of your decisions, actions, and outcomes, starting right now. Replace unnecessary blame with unwavering responsibility. Even if someone else drops that ball, ask yourself what you could have done — and, more importantly, what you can do in the future — to prevent that ball from being dropped again. While you can’t change what’s in the past, the good news is that you can change everything else.

now matters more than any other time in your life, because it’s what you are doing today that is determining who you’re becoming, and who you’re becoming will always determine the quality and direction of your life.

Being average means to settle for less than you truly want and are capable of, and to struggle for your entire life.