Peter Voogd Quotes Page 2

“Learning from your own experience is the most expensive way to learn. Other people’s experience is cheaper and more effective.”

“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.”

“Once you get clear on what you want, build your confidence account, and elevate your circle of influence. You must stay consistent or you’ll always be starting over.”

“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.”

“Start placing a higher value on your time: Time is more valuable than money. You can always get more money, but you can never get more time.

Is it possible to become twice as valuable, and make twice as much money in the same amount of time? Of course it is.

There is nothing more valuable than time invested wisely. We all have the same 24 hours. It’s what you do with them that determines everything.”

“Success rewards implementation, not knowledge.”

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

“The best education you can get is investing in yourself, and that doesn’t mean college or university.”

“The moment you take responsibility for everything in your life, is the moment you can change anything in your life.”

“The most important thing you should protect at all times is your standards. Never let them slip.”

“The only person you should try to be better than is the person you were yesterday.”

“There is nobody like you, and once you realize that your entire future changes.”

“There is only one real success, to be able to live your life your way on your terms. I'm not saying it will be easy, I'm saying it's worth it.

Embrace those tough times, because that's when your real hunger for success is developed.”

“These days, the only security you have is the confidence in yourself and your ability to make things happen.”

“Those who don’t make time for exercise will eventually have to make time for illness.”

“What’s great about life and opportunity is the chance to completely change the story and direction overnight. Regardless of your past decisions, you’re always one decision away from making the right one.”

“What’s the point of reading if it doesn’t sharpen your perspective, improve your results, or help your legacy?”

“When we are no longer able to change the situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

“Wherever you are, be there.”

“You can’t please everybody so don’t even try. In fact, when you try, the one person you absolutely won’t please is yourself.”

“You must first realize it’s not the money that will solve your problems. If people think money solves problems, I am afraid those people will have a rough ride.

Intelligence solves problems and produces money. Personal growth solves problems. Money without financial intelligence is money soon gone.”

“You never know how strong you are until being strong is the only option you have.”

“You’re either building your dreams, or helping someone else build theirs.”

“The toughest decisions, the ones that hurt in the moment, are the best ones for your future, for your lifestyle, and for your vision.”