High Performance Habits: How Extraordinary People Become That Way Quotes
"Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit." — Aristotle
"This book is about how people become extraordinary, and why others block themselves from that possibility."
"To understand the phenomenon, this book pulls together twenty years of research, ten years of insights gained from elite-level performance coaching, and a vast data set on high performers worldwide gathered through surveys, structured interviews, and professional assessment tools."
"By the end of this book, you will never again wonder what it really takes to succeed when starting a new project at work or pursuing a bold new dream."
"Armed with the information you’ll learn in the pages ahead, you will live a life in which your full potential is in play, you have a vital sense of well-being, you are capable of leading others to excellence, and you are deeply fulfilled."
"People want to scale up, but they’re wiped out. They’re working so hard, but they’re just not breaking through."
"What you need is a reliable set of practices for unleashing your greatest abilities."
"High performance habits are deliberate, observable, malleable, trainable, and, most important, effective across domains."
"Clarity on who you are is associated with overall self-esteem."
"Having specific and difficult goals increases performance."
"Having a specific plan attached to your goals can more than double the likelihood of achieving a challenging goal."
"High performers know themselves, but they don’t get stuck there. They are more focused on sculpting themselves into stronger and more capable people."
"Dream lofty dreams, and as you dream, so you shall become."
"Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be."
"Enthusiasm + Connection + Satisfaction + Coherence = Meaning"
"The meaning of life is whatever you ascribe to it."
"Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it."
"If you leave your growth to randomness, you’ll always live in the land of mediocrity."
"Gratitude is the golden frame through which we see the meaning of life."
"You may not feel outstandingly robust, but if you are an average-sized adult you will contain within your modest frame no less than 7 × 1018 joules of potential energy."
"If you’re going to start anywhere to improve your health, you should start with a regular workout schedule."
"The quality of a person’s life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor."
"High performers can handle this sort of internal pressure. They don’t mind diving into the deep end of their passions."
"We change and improve over time only when we must. When the internal and external forces on us are strong enough, we make it happen."
"Make improving your energy a commitment. Start taking more moments during the day to release the tension in your body and mind."
"You are only as strong and extraordinary as you give yourself reason to be. So determine your musts, my friend. Make them real."
"Great effort is required to arrest decay and restore vigor."
"Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life."
"The day is always his who works with serenity and great aims."
"High performers have to succeed over the long term because they have the guts to expect something great from themselves."
"Distractions can slow our thinking by almost half."
"Interruptions make it difficult to refocus and catch up on tasks."
"Setting challenging goals and maintaining focus is essential for high performance and quality work."
"Work-life balance is possible with a conscious, consistent effort to define, seek, and measure it."
"Balance in life involves both quality and quantity expectations."
"Work-life balance is about feelings of harmony, not just evenly distributed hours."
"Taking breaks at work leads to positive emotions and greater productivity."
"Effective work isn't just about long hours; it's about producing quality output that matters."
"For extraordinary success, identify the productive outputs that matter in your field."
"Mastery of key skills is crucial for productivity and performance."
"Many of my childhood memories of my mom involve her baking food for people or delivering them groceries or gifts."
"They were always grateful for what the world gave them, and excited about the possibilities for tomorrow."
"The most important thing is to try and inspire people so that they can be great in whatever they want to do."
"If your intent is to diminish others, then your challenges will likely influence people in negative ways."
"People who strongly agree with these statements are almost always high performers."
"I respond quickly to life's challenges and emergencies rather than avoiding them or delaying."
"Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear."
"Courage can revolutionize your life, just as it did for Sandra."
"The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars but in ourselves."
"The only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve."
"Superiority draws us off track a quarter inch at a time."
"The good news is, you can learn to spot exactly when and how these thoughts arise in your mind."
"It’s that moment when you begin to think you are separate from others, or certain about anything, that you are in greatest danger."
"All isolation is ultimately self-imposed."
"There is no human emotion or situation you are contending with that someone, somewhere, cannot understand."
"Their lack of understanding only grows in your silence."
"You can't maximize your potential while minimizing others."
"Don't judge others as below you or separate from you."
"Confidence is the secret ingredient that makes you rise to the challenge."
"Curiosity x (Competence + Congruence + Connection) = Confidence."
"High performers are learners, and their belief that they can learn what is necessary to win in the future gives them as much confidence as their current skill sets."
"High performers have learned the tremendous value in relating with others."
"Seek clarity. Generate energy. Raise necessity. Increase productivity. Develop Influence. Demonstrate Courage."
"I hope that as you close this book, you decide to live with similar intention and reverence for your life."