Peter Voogd Quotes

“Discipline creates lifestyle.”

“Discipline creates lifestyle.”

“A genius without a road map will get lost in any country but an average person with a road map will find their way to any destination.”

“Amateurs practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they can’t get it wrong.”

“As the excuses go up, the bank account goes down”

“Don’t bring your needs to the marketplace, bring your skills.”

“Everything you do, every choice you make, every person you connect with, and every action you take either gets you closer to your goals or farther away.”

“Excuses are a disease and those who continue making them will continue to have money issues.”

“Have you ever noticed that it's usually those who claim they don't care about money who are broke?”

“I challenge you to expect more from yourself than anybody else expects of you.”

“If it doesn’t challenge you, it won’t change you.”

“If you don’t have confidence you will always find a way to lose.”

“If you have big goals and dreams don’t expect others to follow you, because you’ll represent the strength, courage and vision they don’t yet have.”

“If you really want success, and you don’t have any mentors or guidance, you can get a head start by looking at what everybody else is doing and do the opposite.”

“If you want to become a millionaire, talk to billionaires, you’ll get there quicker.”

“Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you should set up a life you don’t need to escape from.”

“It’s not about time management. It’s about energy management. That is everything.”

“It’s not enough to be smart — you need to always be getting smarter, and if you’re not growing forward, you’re falling behind.”

“Knowledge is not power, it’s what you do with what you know that leads to mastery. Action is the only thing that will ultimately determine your success.”

“Lack of consistency is the subtle, but great stealer of dreams and desires.”

“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want are people who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.”

“More importantly than mentors is who are you staying away from.”

“Most people spend the first half of their life saying they’re too young and the second half saying they’re too old.”

“Motivation doesn’t create action; it’s actually the other way around. Action is what produces the motivation to continue taking action. A lot of people think they need motivation to take action, and that’s totally backwards.”

“No one else is responsible for your success. Get your own mind right and do all the work necessary to put yourself in the best possible position for achieving your desires.”

“Normal is waking up at 6 a.m., fighting traffic, and working eight hours. Normal is to slave at a job Monday through Friday, save 10%, and repeat for 50 years. Normal is to buy everything on credit. Normal is to believe the illusion that the stock market will make you rich. Normal is to believe that a faster car and a bigger house will make you happy. You’re conditioned to accept normal based on society’s already corrupted definition of wealth, and because of it, normal itself is corrupted. Normal is modern-day slavery. Don’t be normal.”

“One of the most important questions you can ask in business is: Why should someone do business with you versus any and every other option available to them, including doing nothing?”

“Progress is the ultimate motivation.”

“Success rewards implementation, not knowledge.”

“Talk with people playing the game at a higher level than you.”