Phil McGraw Quotes

A goal without an action plan is a daydream.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

I am a firm believe in the power of dreams, because the world is basically one giant realization of people's collective dreams come true. We need to dream to aspire to do something that keeps us striving. But those dreams and ideas and wants mean nothing without execution, which doesn't usually happen without a plan.

A goal without a plan is a wish. What's your plan? It's on you, because you have to do all the work.

We need to have a plan equal to the challenge.

A goal without a plan is only a dream.

I'm a firm believer in goal setting. Step by step. I can't see any other way of accomplishing anything.

I learned how to order my thoughts, and most important, learned how to develop a plan. I discovered the power of a plan. If you can plan it out, and it seems logical to you, you can do it. And that was the secret to success.

In real life, strategy is actually very straightforward. You pick a general direction and implement like hell.

You have to believe in the long term plan you have but you need the short term goals to motivate and inspire you.

My dreams are worthless, my plans are dust, my goals are impossible. All are of no value unless they are followed by action.

You have to figure out what that is, and you have to make a plan to get to it. And the plan has got to have a timeline. You have to choose something that you can afford to do and then lock it in and passionately do it.

Apathy can be overcome by enthusiasm, and enthusiasm can only be aroused by two things: first, an ideal, with takes the imagination by storm, and second, a definite intelligible plan for carrying that ideal into practice.

Stop setting goals. Goals are pure fantasy unless you have a specific plan to achieve them.

It isn't sufficient just to want - you've got to ask yourself what you are going to do to get the things you want.

Everyone designs who devises courses of action aimed at changing existing situations into preferred ones.

I don't really do without any plans. If somebody is trying to do something, you must have plans.

A goal without a plan is just a wish.

The thing that I learned early on is you really need to set goals in your life, both short-term and long-term, just like you do in business. Having that long-term goal will enable you to have a plan on how to achieve it.

Failing to plan is planning to fail.

Great leaders state out loud what they intend to do and in doing so, they get things done.

In every aspect of life, have a game plan, and then do your best to achieve it.

A leader is the one who can outline the broad vision and the direction, and say here's where we are going to go, here's why we need to go there, and here's how we are going to get there. A manager is the one who actually gets up under the hood and tunes the carburetor.

A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow. Don't wait for an inspired ending to come to mind. Work your way to the ending and see what comes up.

Good business leaders create a vision, articulate the vision, passionately own the vision, and relentlessly drive it to completion.