Quotes
My favorite quotes, facts, and reflections.
- 80/20 rule, 80% of our revenue will come from 20% of our customers.
- 20% of what you do equals 80% of what you get.
- If you don’t have a plan you will be part of someone else’s plan.
- Sales is a journey, it is not a sprint.
- If you want to be successful, eliminate the words “I can’t”
- When you buy from me, you get something that is not available anywhere else, ME!
- If you hire OK people you will have an OK company
- If you hire World class people you will have a World class company
- The lower class talks about people.
- The middle class talks about things.
- The high class talks about ideas.
- The world class takes action on the ideas.
- Be a student to those above you.
- A fellow traveler to those beside you.
- And a teacher to those below you.
- You will become just like the 5 people you spend the most time with, If you don’t like that, spend the most time with the 5 people that you most want to be like.
- Picture one of your grandkids asking this question….. Grandpa/Grandma. What did you do to make a difference in someone’s life?
- Make a sale-earn a commission, Make a friend-earn a fortune.
- Listen with intent to understand, not to respond.
- What gets measured is what gets done.
- What gets measured is what gets managed.
- Doing the best you can will not get you there, doing whatever it takes will.
- The more you know someone, the better you can meet their needs.
- What are you doing to outrun, outsmart, outperform and outdo your competition?
- Be yourself, everyone else is taken.
- To have what the 1% has you must do what the 1% does.
- What 5 things must have to happen before the last day of your life to know that you have been a success?
- You can’t see greatness in others until you see it in yourself.
- If you want better answers, ask better questions.
- Other than your love, your labor is the most precious thing you can give to others
- Around isn’t acceptable…We need to know exactly or we won’t be “around”
- The Quality of your life depends on the quality of your questions.
- The quality of your life depends on the quality of your relationships.
- Your choices will either make you ordinary or extraordinary.
- They may forget what you did; they may forget what you said. They will never forget how you made them feel.
- Ask questions you have never asked before.
- Ask questions that no one else has asked before.
- I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.
- There are only 2 ways to live your life, one as though nothing is a miracle; the other is as if everything is.
- There are 2 ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.
- Do you read to change who you are or do you read to add to who you are?
- Your eyes can only see and your ears can only hear what your mind is looking for.
- “Can I” is more powerful than “I can”.
- If you are not going to make a difference, get out of the way.
- The first one to get clarity wins.
- If you plant enough grass seed it will choke out the weeds.
- When you focus on what you don’t have you become powerless.
- When you focus on what you do have you become powerful.
- It’s your turn to stand up and standout!
- Ask the right question and you’ll get the right answer.
- A question never asked is a question never answered.
- What kind of investment are you making in your future?
- What would life be like if there were no learning involved?
- Life equals the books you read and the people you meet.
- Life equals the people you meet and what you do together.
- Be interested, more than interesting.
- Success leaves clues.
- You can’t expect your employees to exceed the expectations of your customers if you don’t exceed the employee’s expectations of you.
- Do you have the characteristics that an “A” player would want to work for?
- The reason for the question is more important than the answer.
- Do you want to in the land of “wish and want” or in the world of “will do”?
- Don’t show up and throw up, ask good questions.
- What are 3 things you must do to strengthen your relationship with__________________??
- Our best customers are someone else’s best prospects.
- To be different you must first make a difference.
- If you want to build a better life, build a better you.
- If you want to build a better marriage, build a better you.
- If you want to build a better business, build a better you.
- The greatest investment you will ever make is in yourself.
- I AM SO LUCKY TO KNOW YOU!
Mark Miller
Copyright April 2012, July 2013