Jack Canfield Quotes

The only way to thrive is to innovate. It's that simple.

To me, success in the job is setting a vision, guiding an organization through change - which is exactly what I did at Digitas, and I'm very proud of that - and bringing people together and with you. That, to me, is what it takes to be successful.

It's a fine balance for an athlete in enjoying the moment and being really satisfied, say, with a run, and with your day, and knowing you can make it better in the future.

The development of our human resources is an area in which we need to do well as it is decisive in determining the success of our diversification programme.

Start early and begin raising the bar throughout the day.

When you're coming into a company and, you know, have to do a transformation, what you really want to do is look at the company and say, 'Okay, here are the parts that the company does well. How do we get those genes to hyper-express? The genes that are getting in the way, how do you turn those off?'

I'm not about change for the sake of change, but we should always be evaluating any initiative we're working on to see if we can do it better.

From one week to the next, everything changes from who you're playing to the defense's scheme. You just try to build on the things that you did well and correct the things that you did poorly in the game; then, move forward from there and hopefully continue to get better and better and better as you move forward.

As CEO of Cold Stone Creamery, we used a concept called 'search and reapply,' which meant that if we found better ways of doing something, then we would do it.

You do everything you can to be successful. You know that you have to win games. It's a must. So you do the things that put your guys in the best position to be successful schematically.

If we're about winning world championships, we can't just have all of our focus be on the Olympics.

Competition means the best player will play.

The more you drive positive change, the more enhanced your business model.

If you can improve your franchise, even if you're doing well, you're going to make that move. You just are - at least I am. It's about winning and winning the right way and trying to sustain success over a large period of time.

I've always said the same thing - I'm learning, I'm getting better and I'm loving playing in front of sell-out crowds.

I know that with most companies that have a lot of success, it tends to throw you off, and you can become more conservative. One of our questions is, How do we keep from being pulled into conservatism because we're afraid of not being successful again?

Pushing for excellence is a fight. You have to fight to hire the right employees, fight to get the supplies you need, to move line items around. Being a great manager means pushing to get those few extra inches every day. It's almost like a football game - the team that wins sometimes wins by just inches.

Learning to see the structures within which we operate begins a process of freeing ourselves from previously unseen forces and ultimately mastering the ability to work with them and change them.

I'm a big believer that you always reiterate, you always learn, you always realize your business is evolving.

Process improvement is most valuable in raising the floor of a community's practice.

It's about being the very best you can be. Nothing else matters as long as you're working and striving to be your best. Always compete. It's truly that simple. Find the way to do your best. Compete in everything you do.

As is commonly said, ‘to start anything is simple; to develop it and bring it to a successful culmination takes great effort.’

What can I contribute that will significantly affect the performance and the results of the institution I serve?

Transformation is not automatic. It must be learned; it must be led.

You practice and you get better. It's very simple.