Welcome to Litsy!

There is no more satisfying feeling than a job welldone. Doing your best never depletes you, but instead fills you with selfesteem and inner peace.

Act now, no matter how much better tomorrow may seem, no matter how imperfect the results you obtain might be.

You probably look at others and see they are smarter or younger or older or harder working or more clever or better looking. You probably think they deserve more success than you do. Success is not a pie, with only so many slices to go around. The success of others has nothing to do with your success.

Live your life each day as you would climb a mountain. An occasional glance toward the summit keeps the goal in mind, but many beautiful scenes are to be observed from each new vantage point. Climb slowly, steadily, enjoying each passing moment; and the view from the summit will serve as a fitting climax for the journey. HAROLD V. MELCHERT

Two hundred years ago, the eminent English writer Dr. Samuel Johnson said, "The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a year."

The most successful people in the work world are those who have found ways to combine past experiences with present cir... cumstances to create a bountiful future. That is wisdom in action.

There are but two powers in the world, the sword and the mind. In the long run, the sword is always beaten by the mind. NAPOLEON

Money certainly cannot buy happiness. But the wise use of it can lead to wealth and joy.

We have no more right to consume happiness without producing it, than to consume wealth without producing it. GEORGE BERNARD SHAW

Wealth is not only what you have, but also what you are.

A man's true wealth is the good he does in this world. MUHAMMAD

The real leaders in life look for purpose beyond themselves. They say, "I live every moment, enjoying as much, relating as much, doing as much, and giving as much as I possibly can."

Great minds have purposes, others have wishes. WASHINGTON IRVING

You can achieve most when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.

We live in a privileged society with an abundance of material goods and comforts. We have come to believe that pain is unacceptable, that stress can be cured in sixty seconds, that success is just a minute away. We want to have love, happiness, and fulfillment, but have difficulty sticking it out when faced with challenges and set backs.

Faith is complete trust and confidence. Faith is positive, enriching life in the here and now. Faith can be found in all houses of spiritual belief and also in nature. Most importantly, faith is found in the hearts and souls of each of us.

Understand the truth that although we as individuals are not born with equal physical and mental attri... butes, we are born with equal rights to feel the excitement and joy in believing that we deserve the very best in life.

When you come down to the bottom line, joy is accepting yourself as you are right now-an imperfect, changing, growing, and worthwhile person.

Humility does not mean you should waste your life or belittle your Godgiven talents. Humility requires only that no matter what you do, you always recognize there is room for improvement. Humility means that you remain aware that there is a force much greater than you.

There is no such thing as winning an argument. There is only winning an agreement.v

There is only one way to get somebody to do something you want. You have to give her something she wants in return.

Abraham Lincoln: "When I'm getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one third of my time thinking about myself and what I'm going to say and two thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say".

There is no better feeling on this earth than to give a little of yourself to brighten another person's day.

No matter how much ability a person has, no matter how intelligent he is, no matter how hard he can work, he will not go far in his career, nor will he enjoy his job, without the cooperation of others.

The greatest communication skill is paying value to others.

"Tomorrow the situation may be the same, but I'll be different.

Once the sun sets on an athletic competition, it's all over- someone has won, someone has lost. You can't play the game again.

As Karl Weick of Cornell University explains: "Chaotic action is preferable to orderly inaction."

Pessimists see a problem behind every opportunity. Optimists see an opportunity behind every problem.

The reason is that opportunity is not some living entity out there. Opportunity is in you. You are opportunity. Only you can create opportunity. Only you can develop your capacities to make use of opportunities. Only you can discover opportunities and turn failure and frustration into success and fulfillment.

The great English novelist George Eliot once wrote: "The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us, and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."

I had the blues Because I had no shoes Until upon the street I met a man who had no feet.

But is this something you demand from others or is happiness on the job something you achieve for yourself? You can wait and hope someone else will make you feel good about yourself and your work.

It's not so much what the Job gives you. It's what you bring to the job.

It's not that we couldn't ultimately achieve a set goal; it's that we attempt to do it without preparation and without persistence.

The master seventeenth century Dutch painter, Rembrandt, once wrote of his secret of self-discipline: "Try to put well in practice what you already know; and in so doing, you will, in good time, discover the hidden things you now inquire about. Practice what you know, and it will help to make clear what now you do not know."

The trouble is that most of us spend our time practicing our bad habits rather than our good ones. We are relentless in our expertise at becoming accomplished losers.

You've probably heard it many times: practice makes perfect. Practice, practice, practice. And when you're done practicing, practice some more.

Self-discipline is holding your ground when you'd rather run away. Counting to ten when you'd rather lash out. Keeping a smile on your face when you'd rather cave in. Working hard when you'd rather give up.

Most everyone wants to be a winner, but few are willing to make the effort to pay the price, to do what's required.

Perseverance does not always mean sticking to the same thing forever. It means giving full concentration and effort to whatever you are doing right now. It means doing the tough things first and looking downstream for gratification and rewards.

No wind blows in favor of a ship without a destination.

The joy of working comes from the secure feeling that you have the necessary ingredients within you.

In fact, if you don't clearly know where you are going in your life, you probably won't recognize it when you get there.