Carol S. Dweck Quotes

Once you articulate an agenda, you have to follow it.

The discipline of writing something down is the first step toward making it happen.

Vision without execution is hallucination.

Vision without execution is delusion.

Until you commit your goals to paper, you have intentions that are seeds without soil.

Never make a promise without a plan.

I have always lived my life by making lists: lists of people to call, lists of ideas, lists of companies to set up, lists of people who can make things happen. Each day I work through these lists, and that sequence of calls propels me forward.

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.

I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.

Setting a goal is not the main thing. It is deciding how you will go about achieving it and staying with that plan.

Goal-getting matters. And writing down the brave acts and bold dreams you intend to accomplish will provide the spark to get them done.

Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work.

Decide what you want, decide what you are willing to exchange for it. Establish your priorities and go to work.

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

There's a big difference between saying you are for something and saying how you're going to achieve it.

You can't just set the vision, take a nap, and not keep working on making your vision happen. Your intention has to be backed by work.

At SBI, we say that if you need a project to be done, you need to be determined that it needs to be done, put a deadline, and it will get done.

Without execution, 'vision' is just another word for hallucination.

The difference between a dream and a goal is a deadline.

As a mayor, my instinct is to really think about how to get something done and not to make the promise unless you have some view of the pathway. You don't have to have it all figured out, but you have to have a pathway there.

The how will show up after the commitment to the what.

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

Far too many people make promises they can never keep. They may have the best intentions in the world to keep their promise-but if they have not made a plan to keep it, they will not be able to do it.

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