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Dec 30 2019

Goals for 2020

“The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago.  The second best time is now.”  (Chinese Proverb)

The year 2020 should be your best year ever.  Do you plan on setting some “New Year’s Resolutions”.  Resolutions are really just goals that we set for ourselves.  The following is a list of 25 of my favorite quotes about achieving goals.  I hope that some of these inspire you to achieve your goals for 2020.

  1. “The way to get started is to quit talking and get doing.” (Walt Disney)
  2. “A dream is just a dream.  A goal is a dream with a plan and a deadline.” (Harvey Mackay)
  3. “If we all did the things that we are capable of doing, we would literally astound ourselves.” (Thomas Edison)
  4.  “I can accept failure, everyone fails at something. But I can’t accept not trying.” (Michael Jordan)
  5. “A year from now you may wish you had started today.” (Karen Lamb)
  6. “One of the secrets of life is to make stepping stones out of stumbling blocks.” (Jack Penn)
  7. “Winners are losers who got up and gave it one more try.” (Dennis DeYoung)
  8. “A dream becomes a goal when action is taken toward its achievement.” (Bo Bennett)
  9. “Do not let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” (John Wooden)
  10. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.” (Jim Rohn)
  11. “You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take.” (Wayne Gretzky)
  12. “Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” (Theodore Roosevelt)
  13. “Your complaints, your drama, your victim mentality, your whining, your blaming, and all of your excuses have never gotten you even a single step closer to your goals or dreams. Let go of your nonsense. Let go of the delusion that you deserve better and go earn it!” (Steve Maraboli)
  14. “If you don’t  make the time to work on creating the life that you want, you’re going to spend a lot of time dealing with a life you don’t want.” (Kevin Ngo)
  15. “What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
  16. “People with goals succeed because they know where they’re going.” (Earl Nightingale) 
  17. “I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives. Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change.” (Jim Rohn)
  18. “Nothing can stop the man with the right mental attitude from achieving his goal; nothing on earth can help the man with the wrong mental attitude.” (Thomas Jefferson) 
  19. “An average person with average talent,ambition and education, can outstrip the most brilliant genius in our society,if that person has clear,focused goals.” (Brian Tracy) 
  20. “Begin with the end in mind.”  (Stephen Covey) 
  21. “Obstacles are what you see when you take your eyes off your goals.” (Anonymous) 
  22. The guy says,”When you work where I work,by the time you get home it’s late.You’ve got to have a bite to eat,watch a little TV, relax,and get to bed. You can’t sit up half the night planing, planing.”And he’s the same guy who’s behind on his car payment. (Jim Rohn)
  23. “Do not let the future be held hostage by the past.” (Neal A. Maxwell) 
  24. “You can’t hit a home run unless you step up to the plate. You can’t catch fish unless you put your line in the water. You can’t reach your goals if you don’t try.” (Kathy Seligman)
  25. “You were born to win, but to be a winner, you must plan to win, prepare to win and expect to win.” (Zig Ziglar)

 

Jamy Bechler is a professional speaker and trains organizations on creating championship cultures. Bechler has worked with businesses and teams, including the NBA. He the author of The Leadership Playbook and The Bus Trip, a modern-day sports leadership fable. Bechler also hosts the Success is a Choice Podcast. He spent 20 years as an administrator and college basketball coach. To connect with him or find out how he can help your team, please contact speaking@JamyBechler.com or follow him on twitter at @CoachBechler. You can also subscribe to leadership insights by clicking here.

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