A wealthy man requested an old scholar to wean his son away from his bad habits. The scholar took the youth for a stroll through a garden. Stopping suddenly he asked the boy to pull out a tiny plant growing there. The youth held the plant between his thumb and forefinger and pulled it out. The old man then asked him to pull out a slightly bigger plant. The youth pulled hard and the plant came out, roots and all.

“Now pull out that one,” said the old man pointing to a bush. The boy had to use all his strength to pull it out.  “Now take this one out,” said the old man, indicating a large tree. The youth grasped the trunk and tried to pull it out. But it would not budge.  “I – It’s impossible,” said the boy, panting with the effort.  “So it is with bad habits,” said the sage. “When they are young it is easy to pull them out but when they take hold they cannot be uprooted.”

“As long as you’re going to be thinking anyway, THINK BIG.” – Donald Trump

“Failing to plan is planning to fail.” – Effie Jones

“Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of someone else.” – Judy Garland

“Consider how hard it is to change yourself and you’ll understand what little chance you have in trying to change others.” – Jacob M. Braude

Tim Ferriss says he tries to ask himself these three questions every day:

• What is the one constraint, if removed that would make me 5-10-20 times more productive in your personal and professional life?
• If I had to do this in 15 minutes, what would I do?
• What is the downside if I lose the person for 3 months, 6 months, forever?