“Success, instead of giving freedom of choice, becomes a way of life. There's no country I've been to where people, when you come into a room and sit down with them, so often ask you, "What do you do?" And, being American, many's the time I've almost asked that question, then realized it's good for my soul not to know. For a while! Just to let the evening wear on and see what I think of this person without knowing what he does and how successful he is, or what a failure. We're ranking everybody every minute of the day.” PeopleThinkingKnowsWayGivingPersonsDoeSoulCountrySuccessChoicesAsksRoomsKnowingSuccessfulMinutesMy SoulEveningFreedom Of ChoiceRanking Book:The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller Source: The Collected Essays of Arthur Miller
“Be more attentive to what successful people have to say about all the opportunity around you. Anything important - which takes only two minutes to point out - will exceed most people's attention span by at least a minute and a half. Learn to pay attention for two minutes at a time - and you will see more opportunity than you know what to do with.” PeopleKnowsTwoImportantOpportunityPayAttentionHalfSuccessfulMinutesPay AttentionSuccessful PeopleExceedAttention Span Author:Ernie J Zelinski
“I feel successful when the writing goes well. This lasts five minutes. Once, when I was number one on the bestseller list, I also felt successful. That lasted three minutes.” FeelsWritingWellsLastsThreeFeltDifficultNumbersSuccessfulFiveMinutesListsFive MinutesDifficult Days Author:Jacqueline Briskin