\u201cIf you want your business big, make your focus small.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
It\u2019s so easy to overlook \u201cdiamonds\u201d right at our feet, whether it be an opportunity or unique gifting. Truth is, there are diamonds everywhere, we just need to know how to uncover them. How? Through continuous personal growth.
In this episode, recorded live at Brian Buffini\u2019s Success Tour\u2122, Brian offers tips and advice from the legends of personal development to motivate and inspire you to let your inner diamond shine.
He outlines the five biggest detours to becoming a diamond and offers several tips to help you increase your value. Additionally, he offers in-depth advice to help you define and achieve 10-day, 10-month and 5-year goals.
Throughout the episode, Brian mentions several personal development legends and their seminal work to add to your personal library. By the end of the episode, you\u2019ll have the tools you need to bring out your best.
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Inspirational quotes from today\u2019s interview:
\u201cGod doesn\u2019t make any junk. Man is made in the image of God.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
\u201cMotivation alone is not enough. If you have an idiot and you motivate him, you have a motivated idiot.\u201d \u2014 Jim Rohn
\u201cIf you have a clear goal and a plan to achieve it, your focus is fixed on a set course of action. Instead of becoming sidetracked by distractions and diversions, your time is focused on a straight line from start to finish.\u201d \u2014 Brian Tracy
\u201cHuman beings don\u2019t do well in isolation.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
\u201cSome people drive you nuts, but some people raise you up.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
\u201cThere\u2019s a difference between solitude and isolation. One is connected and one isn\u2019t. Solitude replenishes, isolation diminishes.\u201d \u2014 Henry Cloud
\u201cTo be in hell is to drift. To be in heaven is to steer.\u201d \u2014 George Bernard Shaw
\u201cWe\u2019re surrounded by information, but we\u2019re starving for wisdom. Wisdom is the number one way that diamonds are made.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
\u201cI don\u2019t focus on what I\u2019m up against, I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.\u201d \u2014 Venus Williams
\u201cAsk for help not because you are weak but because you want to remain strong.\u201d \u2014 Les Brown
\u201cIf you\u2019re feeling stuck, a 10-day goal is a gift.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
\u201cMost people will overestimate what they can accomplish in a year, but underestimate what they can do in five years.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
\u201cThere\u2019s no downside to you becoming better.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
\u201cThe more you serve, the more you\u2019ll have to grow.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
\u201cNot all growth is pleasant, but all growth is beneficial.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
\u201cWant your business big, make your focus small.\u201d \u2014 Brian Buffini
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Mentioned in the episode:
Acres of Diamonds\xa0by Russell Conwell
The Richest Man in Babylon\xa0by George Clason
How to Win Friends and Influence People\xa0by Dale Carnegie
Think and Grow Rich\xa0by Napoleon Hill
Wake up and Live\xa0by Dorothea Brande
The Strangest Secret\xa0by Earl Nightingale
The Greatest Salesman in the World\xa0by Og Mandino
Flow: The Psychology of the Optimal Experience\xa0by Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
\u201cThe Brian Buffini Show\u201d \u2013 \u201cEpisode 061: The Strangest Secret \u2013 by Earl Nightingale\u201d
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