“Defeat only happens when you make the decision to stop trying. Because determination works. Steady forward motion, even if it's just a step per week, gets you there. So keep moving, even if it's only a little some weeks.” IfsTryingLittlesHappensMovingDecisionStepsWeekDeterminationDefeatSteadyKeep MovingStop TryingForward Motion Author:Ken Evoy
“You don't win an Olympic gold medal with a few weeks of intensive training. There's no such thing as an overnight opera sensation. Great law firms or design companies don't spring up overnight... Every great company, every great brand, and every great career has been built in exactly the same way: bit by bit, step by step, little by little.” WayLittlesHas BeensMotivationalLawWinningBitsCompanyStepsCareersWeekDesignSpringTrainingBuiltGoldBrandsFirmSensationsOperaMedalGold MedalsGreat CompanyLaw Firms Author:Seth Godin
“It's like aversion therapy. You keep doing scenes over and over again with three women in the bed with you, and we had to do them all in one week. Three girls would step out and another three girls would step into the bed. It sounds like a fantasy but by the end of it, I just wanted to go for a hike on my own in the north of England, in the hills. Because it became a sort of "be careful what you wish for" kinda thing.” EndsWantedGirlThreeWishSoundMy OwnStepsFantasyWeekSceneBedEnglandCarefulHillsTherapyBe CarefulAversionCareful What You Wish For Author:Steve Coogan
“The fear among economists across the political spectrum that was - was that we were rapidly plummeting towards a second Great Depression. So, in the weeks and months that followed, we undertook a series of difficult steps to prevent that outcome. And we were forced to take those steps largely without the help of an opposition party, which, unfortunately, after having presided over the decision-making that had led to the crisis, decided to hand it over to others to solve.” HelpingHandsPoliticalDifficultDecisionPartyStepsWeekMonthsDecidedCrisisSeriesSolveOutcomesOppositionDecision MakingEconomistSpectrumGreat DepressionPolitical SpectrumOpposition Parties Author:Barack Obama
“I always try and stay one step ahead of people, not looking like I looked like last week, so I can be as anonymous as possible and part of it is just for me. It is fun to just come up with new and bizarre colors for each area of your body and things like that, but there are some parts of it that I just keep wanting to negate myself. I hate waking up in the morning and recognizing the woman in the bathroom mirror.” PeopleTryingI CanBodyLastsHateFunStepsMorningWeekColorAreasI HateWake UpMirrorsCome UpYour BodyWakingBizarreRecognizingBathroomWaking Up In The Morning Author:Ani DiFranco
“Well, we’re going to start in a couple weeks with our budget adjustment bill. The first step is we’re going to deal with collective bargaining for all public employee unions, because you use divide and conquer.” FirstsWellsUseDealsStepsWeekCoupleBillsUnionsConquerBudgetsEmployeeCollectivesDividesFirst StepsAdjustmentBargainingDivide And ConquerCollective Bargaining Author:Scott Walker
“Acting is a weird profession. It's very disquieting, and at the time it just made me so confused. It's only when you step away from a movie for several weeks or months that you start to put things in perspective.” MadeActingStepsWeekPerspectiveMonthsProfessionConfusedSo Confused Author:Jesse Eisenberg
“For me to get the support and the love and response we did from critics, but to also be at Trader Joe's and have women come up to me and cry and hug me is on another level. That makes you take a step back because there are genuine emotions at stake. People were truly on a journey with her. This story opened up week by week like a flower. It was just a magical season, and I'm so happy I got to do it.” PeopleStoriesLevelsEmotionStepsSupportJourneyWeekCryFlowerSeasonsResponseCriticsCome UpGenuineStakesHugTradersHug Me Author:Monica Potter
“You have to have a big vision and take very small steps to get there. You have to be humble as you execute but visionary and gigantic in terms of your aspiration. In the internet industry it's not about grand innovation, it's about a lot of little innovations: every day, every week, every month, making something a little bit better.” LittlesBigsBitsTermVisionStepsWeekMonthsIndustryInternetLittle BitInnovationHumbleAspirationVisionariesBe HumbleSmall Steps Author:Jason Calacanis
“The person who has the guts to ask themselves 'Why?' at least once a week, and be totally honest with themselves about the answer, is already twenty steps ahead of their smarter, more experienced rival.” PersonsAsksAnswersStepsWeekHonestTwentiesGutsSmarterRivals Author:Mark Bouris