“Respecting your relationship with money, you see, is the key not only to your security and independence, but to your happiness as well.” – Suze Orman Suze Orman has certainly learnt to respect her relationship with money ‒ and she has made lots of it advising others to do the same in books such as...

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar Zig Ziglar had a hardscrabble childhood growing up during the Depression as one of 11 children raised by a widowed mother in rural Alabama. His main focus during his early years was having enough food...

“A problem well stated is a problem half solved.” – Charles F. Kettering Charles Kettering, founder of Kettering University, knew a thing or two about solving problems. Before he came along, people started their cars with hand cranks and then sweated even more once inside their automobiles, which lacked air conditioning. Kettering helped fix those...

“Denial is one of the biggest reasons it’s so difficult to motivate other people to change. We think we can enlighten them by telling them the facts, but they’re in denial because they’ve already confronted the facts and they can’t handle the facts.” – Alan Deutschman Denial is a powerful defence mechanism that the brain...

“For brands, like people, there is a time to live and a time to die.” – Al and Laura Ries “Marketing is building a brand in the mind of the prospect,” Al Ries and his marketing firm partner (and daughter) Laura Ries write in their book, The 22 Immutable Laws of Branding. “If you can...

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln Watching a temper tantrum by a two-year-old is amusing for everyone but the child’s parents. Drunk with power, toddlers abuse their parents with laser-sharp focus. Because they are unsure of how to get what...

“You can do so much in 10 minute’s time. Ten minutes, once gone, are gone for good. Divide your time into 10-minute units and sacrifice as few of them as possible in meaningless activity.” – Ingvar Kamprad Time management is a concept that all of us grasp, but few of us truly live up to....

“When it comes to money, most people want to play it save and feel secure. So passion does not direct them. Fear does.” – Robert T. Kiyosaki Contemporary personal finance gurus talk a lot about two fundamental money-related topics: understanding your own attitude towards money and learning to respect money. If you ever took formal...

“Trouble is only opportunity in work clothes.” – Henry J. Kaiser While trouble seems more innocuous than failure, a business person may look at them in the same light. But just like failure, you cannot have success without some trouble along the way. American industrialist Henry Kaiser knew it is how you react to the trouble...

“Incompetents invariably make trouble for people other than themselves.” – Larry McMurtry Incompetent people are rarely aware that they are hope- lessly useless and inept. It seems as if they are blindly moving through the day, getting little accomplished. Or what they do get accomplished just makes more work for every- one else. Incompetent people...

“People have just two choices when it comes to their emotions: they can master their emotion or be mastered by them.” – John C. Maxwell John Maxwell is a business book guru with more than 50 books to his credit. His book, The 17 Essential Qualities of a Team Player, provides characteristics of a good...

“There are times when even the best manager is like the little boy with the big dog waiting to see where the dog wants to go so he can take him there.” – Lee Iacocca The man who fathered the Ford Mustang and resurrected Chrysler from financial oblivion was not born knowing how to pull...