Guy Kawasaki Quotes

People say, "John, what's your personal growth?" And ask "How do you grow?" And I tell them. I thought, "Why do I keep telling them, why don't I just write a book on what I call personal growth?" And that's what this [Today Matters] book is.

How did I change my life? I wanted things. I wanted women and I wanted to write books.

Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.

Decide exactly what you want to achieve. Do you want to help people, or do you want to be powerful?

Write your own book instead of reading someone else's book about success

Some people chase money. Some people chase fame. Some chase greatness - and that's what I'm trying to do.

Begin to read a book that will help you move toward your dream.

Within 7 days, 75% of people will have given up on their New Year's resolutions; that's tomorrow. Evaluate yourself. Don't be one of them.

That's all you have to ask from yourself writing a book. That it's the best you can do and that you did it without any ego involved and that you did it for somebody else. That's the best you can do.

Choose what is best, and habit will make it pleasant and easy.

Decide what it is you want, write it down, review it constantly, and each day do something that moves you toward those goals.

Goal setting is fine if you want to be the warrior archetype. These people are setting goals constantly and trying to get someplace else. They say, "If you don't know where you are going, then you won't know when you get there."

The universal truth is beyond question-the only people who excel are those who have decided to do so.

My teacher says that everything that you want in the world is one step away, you just have to figure out which direction to step in.

Raising your level of performance requires a proper mentality and meaning from within. This gives you the ability and drive to work on the things necessary to go to a higher level. When people ask me how to raise their level of performance, the first thing I ask is, How important is it to you?

People have to decide on priorities if they want to get anywhere. The best lessons I learned was to just do it.

People who don't make goals end up working for those who do.

I use my experience, my failures, my successes, and help people stay focused.

What should I do—how should I act now, this very day . . . What she would resolve to do that day did not yet seem quite clear, but something that she could achieve stirred her as with an approaching murmur which would soon gather distinctness.

If your dreams don't match your actions, you can either change your dreams or change your actions.

Learning is the first step in making positive changes within yourself. Other factors are conviction, determination, action & effort. Learning & education help develop conviction about the need to change & increase your commitment. Conviction then develops into determination. Next, strong determination leads to action: a sustained effort to implement the changes. This final factor of effort is critical.

It's my experience that people rise to the level of their own expectations and of the competition they seek out.

I always tell people happiness comes in one word: progress. I don't care what you achieve.

People don't want to be bothered, if they're not being pressured to change. You have to push people. You have to be the agitator that makes the pearl.

These people that write books on how to succeed and how to think positively make millions because it's something that doesn't occur naturally.