Jeffrey Pierce Quotes

Self criticism must be my guide to action, and the first rule for its employment is that in itself it is not a virtue, only a procedure.

The first step in making better choices is to simply be brutally honest about your own behavior to yourself. What are the choices you are making? How are you spending your time? What are you neglecting that you shouldn't?

I think that's the single best piece of advice: constantly think about how you could be doing things better and questioning yourself.

I have learned to watch myself and give myself constructive criticism. Although I have to cover my face and peek sometimes!

I just try to do my best and make the best judgments I can.

My goal in life is to make decisions that minimize regrets. I don't regret anything I've done.

I thought, I need to be more cautious about my choices - it reflects on who I am.

I am the result of the good choices I've made and the bad choices.

For many years, I tried to make New Year's resolutions. I made lists and shot for great heights: I would show altruism and exert moral strength, patience and all those other great attributes.

Making better choices takes work. There is a daily give and take, but it is worth the effort.

Leadership is an intense journey into yourself. You can use your own style to get anything done. It's about being self-aware. Every morning, I look in the mirror and say, 'I could have done three things better yesterday.'

The problem with self-improvement is knowing when to quit.

I try to keep myself on an even keel by trying to be as critical of myself as I am of other people. I try to separate my performance from myself.

It is better to destroy one's own errors than those of others.

Observe all men, thyself most.

I'm my own severest critic, and I realize when I make mistakes.

I'm always looking at things and seeing how I can improve upon them. I think it's my responsibility to focus on how I can do better, as opposed to what I've done well.

Be your own biggest critic. Don't let someone else beat you to constructive criticism.

Improving, for me, is quite natural as I'm always critical of myself.

At the end of the day, I write down an 'L' or a 'W,' whether or not the day was a 'Loss' or if it was a 'Win.' It really bothers you to have to write down an 'L.' An 'L' looks like a day I ate a lot of junk food, or I didn't work out when I was supposed to or train when I was supposed to train, or if I felt that I had a bad performance in the ring.

There's always things that I can improve on.

I'm super self-critical, which I think is good, because then I get exactly what I want. I'm critical of other people, too - I try not to be, though.

When you hang out with yourself, you learn to keep yourself in check.

Really, when you take a step back and you really know yourself, you're able to make better decisions.

It is not very good for your head if you go up and down and up and down. I want to try to keep going up, with my quality and with my decisions that I make.