100 Things Successful People Do Quotes

“The most powerful way of being able to listen to your own intuition is by being silent. Find a quiet space, slow down and calm your mind. Your goal is to eliminate all that noise going through your head – all those thoughts that appear from nowhere.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“Successful people never forget what they love to do and are passionate about. They quickly learn to follow their own path and to make the right choices, no matter how crazy or unpopular they might appear to others. Just look at Steve Jobs, founder of Apple, who quit studying at a prestigious university to pursue his dreams.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“The new disease of our age is being OK doing everything at exactly the same time.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“The secret to your success lies in surrounding yourself with sustainable love, and that starts with loving yourself. This is your hardest challenge. Through hundreds of hours spent coaching I have observed a common pattern – we can easily express our love for other people, possessions or experiences but find it difficult to say we love ourselves.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“Stop worrying about what you cannot control. It’s a total waste of your energy, energy that could otherwise be used to help you focus on what you can influence. I spend large parts of my coaching sessions helping people to sift through their challenges and concerns – helping them to determine what they can change and what they have no control over.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“Success requires a focused attention of your time and energy. This is true no matter what you want to achieve – to change the world or simply change apartments. All success stories come down to one person having a focused aim – so focused at times it can look like an obsession.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“If we want users to like our software, we should design it to behave like a likeable person.’ Alan Cooper”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“«Никогда нельзя считать, что вы слишком стары для достижения новой цели.»”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“«Никогда не поздно меняться
Самое печальное – начать думать, что вы слишком стары для новых стремлений. Я сбился со счета, сколько раз мне приходилось помогать людям, считавшим свой возраст оправданием для ничегонеделания. Но ведь от действий вас удерживает совсем не возраст, а сознание, полное страхов и опасений, что не справитесь. Это ваш разум опасается проявить себя, а иногда и просто боится успеха.»”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“«Вы смогли бы прожить неделю или хотя бы день, не открывая электронную почту, социальные сети и вообще не выходя в интернет? Как кто-то остроумно пошутил, хороший доступ в интернет сейчас гораздо важнее еды и воды! 24 процента участников одного кросс-платформенного опроса признали, что пропускают важные моменты в своей жизни, потому что заняты их обсуждением в соцсетях. Знакомо? Вы фотографируете нечто поразившее вас и тут же размещаете снимок в Instagram, вместо того чтобы продолжать наблюдать за увиденным.
Недавно на моих глазах столкнулись две машины. Потому что оба водителя перед этим смотрели на экраны смартфонов, а не на дорогу. Как-то на вечеринке я, оглядевшись, увидел, что большинство гостей смотрят в свои телефоны, а не болтают с теми, кто рядом. Мне стало неловко, когда я отвлек одного из знакомых, набиравшего СМС. А мне всего лишь хотелось поговорить!»”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“You do not need to be a millionaire to feel successful or be successful. Financial wealth is only one of many possible indicators of success. However, to achieve your dreams and life goals you’re going to need money. And making it requires financial planning and goalsetting. I do not know of any successful person who has been able to simply ignore their finances.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“Try to be likeable but stay true to your self. There will be times when you have to do or say something at the expense of being popular. If you’ve built up enough goodwill, you’ll get away with it. People understand that difficult decisions have to be made and, if you’ve paid enough into your ‘likeability deposit’, they will hate the decision but not the person making it.

There may be moments in your life when you have to choose between ‘being liked’ and what you really want to do. Imagine your future spouse is a vegan and does not enjoy being with people who eat meat. Could you imagine putting aside your beliefs and feelings, to show support, love and understanding for your partner’s?”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“But how do you come ‘offline’ when so much of our daily lives is moving ‘online’? Every month new sites and online services are launched. If you need to check anything – about a new school for your children, medical treatment, tourist destination or recipe – you go online. Bill Gates put it so well when he called the Internet the ‘town square for the global village of tomorrow’.

Could you spend a week or even a day without reading your emails, using social media or going online? Someone recently joked with me that having Internet access is more important than having food or water.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“Refusing to forgive never made anyone feel better about anything. All you are doing is holding on to feelings of upset, anger and jealousy and that can never be good. I once read that being angry and unforgiving towards someone else is like drinking poison and expecting the other person to die.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“A truly successful life is one filled with friends so it helps if people like being around you. If you suspect they don’t, have a think about how strongly you exhibit ‘likeable’ qualities such as listening well, being trustworthy, kind, generous, compassionate, fun, positive and unselfish. The good news is that you can learn such qualities even if they don’t come naturally to you.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“Do you enjoy your work? Are you happy to get out of bed each morning and dress for the office? If you answered ‘no’ to either of these questions, you are not alone. In a 2014 Conference Board survey, 52 per cent of Americans claimed to be unhappy at work and in a recent CIPD study 23 per cent of Britons claimed to be looking for a new job. In the same survey only about one-third claim to feel engaged with their work. You can see the effects of this in absence, stress and depression. In fact, you can see it in the rush hour in the tired and sad-looking faces of so many commuters.

The majority of people I coach are unhappy or dissatisfied with their working lives. They describe their work in so many depressing ways – as ‘boring’, ‘tedious’, ‘mind-numbing’, ‘stressful’, ‘painful’ or even ‘scary’. I hear similar opinions as I travel the world from all types of people no matter what their background, education or choice of career.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“True empathy is not about waiting to understand another person; it is about proactively seeking to do so. It takes effort to give another person your full time and attention; to ask others how they are feeling and if they coping well with things. And don’t overlook those closest to you. Never take anyone for granted. Avoid being too preoccupied to sit down and talk with your children, partners and colleagues.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living

“Success is the accomplishment of any number of possible aims, dreams, aspirations or goals. It’s very personal and unique to you. Your greatest desire could be someone else’s idea of hell; you might want to be an award-winning chef while your best friend hates cooking.”
― Nigel Cumberland, 100 Things Successful People Do: Little Exercises for Successful Living