Your Inspiration Ignited
“At the end of the day, it doesn’t really matter what industry or organization you’re a part of we’re all in the people business.”
Alain Hunkins (Author, Speaker and Coach)
“As soon as you start spending too much time anxious and worried about things outside of your control, it starts to negatively affect the things that you do have control over.”
Alan Stein Jr. (Author, Entrepreneur, and Veteran Basketball Performance Coach)
"You are not your thoughts. You are the thinker of your thoughts."
Reese Evans (Master Manifestation and Abundance Coach and Creator of THE YES SUPPLY METHOD)
"Most of the good things in the world have happened because people let their emotions propel them."
Brad Lemley (Science Journalist)
"There are things you already do that make you feel better. Notice those things and do more of that."
Dr. Angela Lauria (Founder of The Author Incubator and Creator of The Difference Process)
“We are built to oscillate. Our body is oscillating for us even when we're not in a mindfulness state. Our body and mind need it.”
Dr. Terry Lyles (Stress Expert, Author, and Speaker)
"How to achieve a goal always comes after you commit to the goal."
John Assaraf (Entrepreneur, Philanthropist, Business Growth Expert, Teacher and Speaker)
"The stronger the purpose, the greater the energy that you're going to have to get through things."
Mike Weber (Motivational Speaker)
"Accept invitations from your mother or anyone else who loves or likes you."
Sally Lou Loveman (Former Audience Producer for the Oprah Winfrey Show and Author)
"The toughest things we've made our way through are the things from which we grow the most."
Brian Biro (America’s Breakthrough Coach)
"Fear cannot be something that stops you. Fear has to be your motivator. It can't be your obstacle."
Gigi Butler (Entrepreneur and Founder of Gigi’s Cupcakes)
"Hope is not a strategy, but it's a fundamental ingredient in executing one."
Ron Carucci (Co-founder and Managing Partner of Navalent)
"Find the one thing you're really good at and put everything into it."
Jenny Buccos (Director, Producer, and Founder of ProjectExplorer)
"You should always keep at least half of what you make."
Jaak Roosaare (Author, Investor, and Founder of E1 Ventures)
"If we want to think, learn, and behave better, we need to change the lenses in which we view the world."
Ryan Gottfredson (Mental Success Coach, Leadership Consultant, Author, and Research)
"A company is full of leaders; there's not just one."
Douglas Ward (Strategic Corporate Leadership Consultant and Retired Military Veteran)
"The reward comes from the mindset that you've actually solved someone's problem."
Chris Spurvey (Sales Mentor, Author, Podcast Host, and Speaker)
"I can control what I do, and that is it."
Michael Brody Waite (Entrepreneur and Author)
"There's blessing in any story that cultivates growth."
Nicole Zasowski (Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Author)
“You should probably understand your own intrinsic value before you tie it to things outside of yourself that ultimately do not define you in the first place.”
Darrah Brustein (Founder, Author, and Coach)
"The caliber of your future is determined by the choices you make today."
Anthony ONeal (Ramsey Solutions Trusted Voice on Youth and Saving Money)
"A great leader is a great recruiter."
Dustin Hillis (CEO of The Southwestern Family of Companies)
"As experienced and knowledgeable as you think you are in an industry or business, you don't know everything."
Joseph Mariano (President and CEO of Direct Selling Association)
"Realize people that have helped you along the way and try to help others and pull others up with you throughout your career."
Jason Harris (CEO of Mekanism & Co-Founder of the Creative Alliance)
"If you do life like everyone else, you're getting an average life."
John Mitchell (Author and Entrepreneur)
"A minute worth of failure doesn't define you forever."
Andy Gutman (President and Chief Financial Officer of Farbman Group, Songwriter, and Author)
"If you're living on purpose and working on purpose, you will have to do some self-imposed pivots."
Ken Coleman (Best-Selling Author, Career Expert & Nationally Syndicated Radio Host of The Ken Coleman Show)
"The wrong time to give someone a pay raise is when they just resigned. If you really think they were worth more, why didn't you take better care of them while they were there?"
Arman Sadeghi (Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur, and Philanthropist)
"The hero within is your psychological capital."
Timothy L. Coomer (Coach, Author, Investor & CEO of SIGMA Actuarial Consulting)
"Creativity is the most practical thing. It's as fundamental as nutrition, as exercise for the human body."
Chase Jarvis (Award-Winning Artist, Entrepreneur, and Photographer)
"It is easier than ever to get distracted. If it's distraction that you seek, then distraction you will find."
Nir Eyal (Author, Speaker, and Thought Leader)
"If I can feel, then I can deal. And if I can deal, then I can heal."
Edie Allen (Empowerment and Transformational Coach and Brave Storyteller)
"Conscious people don't hurt others, and they don't hurt themselves."
Edie Allen (Empowerment and Transformational Coach and Brave Storyteller)
"Our brains are bad neighborhoods when we're there by ourselves."
Joni Fedders (President, Facilitator, and Leadership Coach at Aileron)
"If you have high expectations, it's usually high disappointments."
Katy Kvalvik (Founder and Head of Southwestern Empowerment)
“If you find a way that works for you, you can accomplish goals that were previously impossible for you, even though you’re no smarter now than you were before.”
Scott H. Young (Author and Autodidact)
“I always tell fathers of daughters how important they are in their daughter’s lives.”
Dr. Rhea Seddon (Physician, Author, Speaker, and Retired NASA Astronaut)
"Sometimes the dream you have for yourself is so much smaller than the dream that's actually meant for you."
Kathleen Sarpy (Founder of Chicago PR Powerhouse, Agency H5)
“If you can’t be passionate about something, don’t do it.”
Ira Blumenthal (Founder and President of CO-OPPORTUNITIES, Inc. & Co-President and Co-Founder of the Pat Summit Leadership Group)
“If you want to keep mental acuity growing, big time, then study a musical instrument and study it as an adult.”
Roger Nierenberg (Orchestral Conductor, Leadership Consultant, and Founder of The Music Paradigm)
"The greatest news about a mistake is you have successfully figured out something that doesn't work."
Todd Duncan (Author, Speaker, & Sales Entrepreneur)
"You have to adjust your management style for the people you're managing."
Dr. Bob Nelson (President of Nelson Motivation Inc.)
"You can't always believe everything you think."
Andy Andrews (Author and Speaker)
"If I stop learning, then I stop living."
Mark Brown (Emmy Award-Nominated Inspirational Speaker)
“If you don’t believe in yourself, it’s going to be an uphill battle to be successful in business.”
Jerry Calabrese (McDonald’s V.P. of Measurement and Accountability)
“As much as I read about leadership, the lessons from getting thrown into the fire were just as instructive.”
Josh Ellis (Editor-in-Chief, SUCCESS magazine)
"No one can become successful without mentorship."
DeVon Franklin (Film & TV Producer, Best-Selling Author, & Spiritual Success Coach)
"Let be. Let go. Let see, and let flow."
John J. Murphy (Founder & CEO of Venture Management Consultants)
"It's always got to be a balance of belief and a little bit of reality."
Robin Crow (Author, Musician, Speaker & Founder of Dark Horse Recording Studio & Institute)
"Put the work in and the outcomes that you envision can become real."
Bruce Black (IBG Business Managing Director)
“Options are power. They give you confidence.”
Dave Ramsey (Money Management Expert)
"95% of our successes are the people that we hire.”
Barry Gottlieb (Author & Speaker)
"Try to stack one small success on top of another."
Robin Crow (Author, Musician, Speaker & Founder of Dark Horse Recording Studio & Institute)
“If we learn from our mistakes, then don’t be afraid to make them.”
Barry Gottlieb (Author & Speaker)
“Business is easy until people get involved.”