T. Harv Eker Quotes

Effective people are not problem-minded; they're opportunity minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems.

I think three-to-five years ahead minimum. I have a short-term plan, a five-year plan and a decade plan.

Think as you work, for in the final analysis, your worth to your company comes not only in solving problems, but also in anticipating them.

We must use time creatively.

Look several months ahead, see where the obstacles lie, and figure out ways to overcome them.

I think, at some level, if we concentrate on problems as opposed to solutions, then you just create more problems.

Having a wheel mentality is paramount. It gives you time and space.

Meeting the challenges of the future requires a state that can think and act strategically.

It's bad policy to speculate on what you'll do if a plan fails when you're trying to make a plan work.

To be successful in business and life, spot the possibilities while others look for problems.

A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

I don’t embrace excuses. I embrace solutions.

An inch of foreknowledge is worth ten miles of after-thought.

Every minute you spend in planning saves 10 minutes in execution; this gives you a 1,000 percent Return on Energy!

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.

Rich people do not back away from problems, do not avoid problems, and do not complain about problems. Rich people are financial warriors.

Successful people spend 10% of their time focused on the problems and 90% of the rest, focused on the solution.

Have a plan. Follow the plan, and you'll be surprised how successful you can be. Most people don't have a plan. That's why it's easy to beat most folks.

The most successful people in life are the ones who settle their critical issues early and manage them daily.

It is not enough just to identify a problem; there are plenty of people who were very skilled at pointing out what was wrong with the world, but they were not always so adept at working out how these things could be righted.

Hope is not a strategy.

Forethought spares afterthought.

"What would I do if?.." By thinking tactically, we can more easily arrive at correct tactical solutions, and practice - even theoretical practice - tends to produce confidence in our solutions which, in turn, makes it easier for us, and thus quicker, to reach a decision.

Identify your problems but give your power and energy to solutions