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QOD-027: Bob Proctor – It Doesn’t Matter Where You Are . . .

Bob Proctor Quote - It doesn't matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.Bob Proctor

It doesn’t matter where you are, you are nowhere compared to where you can go.”

— Bob Proctor

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My friend Beau Henderson, who was on Goal Getting Podcast on Episode 19, which you can go back an listen to by clicking on the link here on the show notes page, posted a list of Quotes related to Courage on Facebook.

One of those quotes was this one from Bob Proctor who you can follow on Twitter. His handle is @BobProctorLIVE

What is Bob saying here? Well, to me, this is talking about the fact, and I say FACT on purpose, that no matter what stage of life we are in, or what environment we are in, we are really nowhere when when you compare it to where we can go.

We have the Ability to Go, Do, Be whatever we want, when we start going towards it. We can go wherever we desire and believe.  No matter where we are right now.

Take a look at where you are now, look forward to where you want to go, and do what it takes to get there.

Make Today a Great Day!

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Do you have a favorite quote you would like to hear or see on the show? Let me know in the comments and we will give you a shout out.

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QOD-025: Josh Shipp – When life gives me lemons . . .

When life hands me lemons , I squirt life in the eye with the lemons. Josh Shipp

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When life hands me lemons, I squirt life in the eye with the lemons.  — Josh Shipp

 

When life hands me lemons, I squirt life in the eye with the lemons. -- Josh Shipp Click To Tweet

I saw Josh Shipp one Sunday morning while watching Sunday Morning. I have been a Sunday Morning fan for many years and watched it faithfully. I would get up early on Sunday, grab my newspaper, fix my coffee and sit down in front of the TV to watch Sunday Morning on CBS. They always have great segments about people, places, and passions.

When I saw Josh, I was amazed at his energy and his message. A great leader for teens and at-risk teens especially.

Click Here for to see Sunday Morning Web Page on the episode.

Check out Josh’s page to learn more about his message and what he has done for teens.

Here’s an interview with Josh on one of my favorite podcasts, Eventual Millionaire with Jaime Tardy.

Connect with Josh on Twitter

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QOD-023: Michael Masangkay – Always Learn, Always Grow!

Always Learn, Always Grow, Michael MasangkayMichael Masangkay

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Always Learn, Always Grow” — Michael Masangkay

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Michael is a co-worker of mine that recently completed his 2nd Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon in San Francisco. He inspired me when he posted some pictures and told about his experience on our company internal community site.

Michael Masangkay Running in the 2015 Escape from Alcatraz Triathlon I interviewed Michael about his experience and how he used goal setting to help him achieve this feat on our Goal Getting Podcast, Episode 20. You can click the link and go back and listen to him tell how he Escaped from Alcatraz the 2nd time.

When I asked Michael what quote hung on his wall, what quote motivates him, he showed me the quote that is on his iPad. He has put his favorite quote on his iPad since he carries that with him all the time.

Michael’s Quote, Always Learn, Always Grow, is something I see him doing on a daily basis. It is important to learn from everything we do. Learning allows us to grow, and grow faster. Michael strives hard to grow in his professional life and his personal life. He continues to expand his experiences in the things he loves, Family, Running, Biking, Swimming, and in my opinion excelling!

Always Learn, Always Grow.

I get a lot of my quotes from great books that I read. And if you like to listen to books on Audio like I do, I put together a deal with Audible to give Goal Getting Podcast listeners a FREE Audiobook of your choice AND a 30 Day Trial of Audibles service to try them out.

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QOD-021: Tina Fey – There are no mistakes, only opportunities.

There are no mistakes, just opportunities. Tina FeyTina Fey

This is the last in our Opportunity series. I want to thank Richard Branson for sharing his Top 10 Quotes on Opportunity. We have covered his Top 10 over the last 10 days. There is amazing opportunity out there today.

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 There are no mistakes, only opportunities. — Tina Fey

There are no mistakes, only opportunities. -- Tina Fey Click To Tweet

This is such a simple quote, but oh so powerful! Tina Fey is a really funny comedian. She has been on Saturday Night Live and starred in 30 Rock. She is incredibly funny, but this is a serious quote from her.

What she is saying is absolutely correct in my opinion. You don’t make mistakes.  You create educational opportunities. If you make mistakes, you can learn what not to do the next time.  When you do things that aren’t right, don’t think of them as mistakes. Learn from them and take advantage of the opportunity to do better next time, to grow.

I get a lot of my quotes from great books that I read. And if you like to listen to books on Audio like I do, I put together a deal with Audible to give Goal Getting Podcast listeners a FREE Audiobook of your choice AND a 30 Day Trial of Audibles service to try them out.

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QOD-019: Stephen Richards – To dream by night is to escape your life . .

To dream by night is to escape your life. To dream by day is to make it happen. Stephen RichardsStephen Richards

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Today we continue our Opportunity Series from Richard Branson’s Top 10 Quotes on Opportunity.

This quote is by Stephen Richards, an author known as The Golden Pen.

To dream by night is to escape your life. To dream by day is to make it happen.” – Stephen Richards

To dream by night is to escape your life. To dream by day is to make it happen. -- Stephen Richards Click To Tweet

Stephen Richards is a believer in the power of the subconscious mind and a qualified Clinical Hypnotherapist. He and I share that education and experience. I trained as and was qualified as a Clinical Hypnotherapist as well. I use a lot of the training I had in hypnotherapy and working with the subconscious mind to develop the 9 Steps To Successful Goal Achievement as well as using the Mental Bank program training to develop the Goal Getting, Don’t Just Set’em Get’em Course that I share on the Goal Getting Podcast.

We know that when we sleep and dream we are able to escape our life. Our dreams as we sleep are ways for our mind to vent the experiences of the day. It’s a way to escape our life.

But, as Stephen Richards says, when we dream by day, we can make it happen.  It depends on what your dreams are. But the key thing I believe that he is saying in this quote is that we make our dreams happen by day because we do the actions necessary to achieve the dreams. We don’t just escape, but we take action and take advantage of the opportunities to make the dreams happen.

Start the day, making your dreams happen! Take action, seize the opportunities.

 

I get a lot of my quotes from great books that I read. And if you like to listen to books on Audio like I do, I put together a deal with Audible to give Goal Getting Podcast listeners a FREE Audiobook of your choice AND a 30 Day Trial of Audibles service to try them out.

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QOD-018: Paulo Coelho – How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.

How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.  Paulo CoelhoPaulo Coelho

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How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it. Click To Tweet

Today’s Goal Getting Quote of the Day is part of our Opportunity Series we started with Richard Branson’s Top 10 Quotes on  Opportunity. It’s a quote from Brazilian lyricist and author, Paulo ( Pow lu ) Coehlo (Co ey yu).

“How much I missed, simply because I was afraid of missing it.”

The quote is from his book, Brida. A young girl is thinking about life and all of the opportunities she had in life and love and how because she wanted to be able to experience every opportunity, but ended up doing none of them.

One of the most common things that people on their death-bed talk about are the things they wish they had done. But at that time it’s too late. You can’t worry about regrets and what was, but what we have to worry about is what we want to do today.

Opportunities come to us and we make a decision to make them work for us, or we ignore them. At the end, if we ignore them all, we will be like the girl in Brida, fretting over the things she missed simply because she was afraid of missing some of them and thereby, miss them all.

Don’t Miss the things you missed. Grab the opportunities that you are offered.

Before I started researching this quote, I had heard the name Paulo ( Pow lu ) Coehlo (Co ey yu), but didn’t realize what an amazing writer and thinker he is. He has sold over 65 Million copies of his bestseller, The Alchemist, and over 170 Million of the 30 Books he has written. The Alchemist has been said by many well-known people who it is their favorite book and many have had life changing feelings after reading it.

I have not read it yet, but will add it to my reading list. I am glad to hear that I can get it on Audible as an Audiobook. I have found it helpful to listen to audiobooks on my commute. I have set up a deal with Audible.com for Goal Getting Podcast listeners. You can go to Goal Getting Book.com and Download a Free Audiobook of your choice and get 30 days of Audible service for no charge. So, if you want to pick up your FREE copy of The Alchemist from Paulu ( Pow lu ) Coehlo (Co ey yu) on Audiobook, go to Goal Getting Book.com.

I noticed that there are many great quotes from Paolo ( Pow lu ) Coehlo (Co ey yu). You can expect to hear more on Goal Getting Podcast’s Goal Getting Quote of the Day in the future.

Hey, I really want to thank you for listening to our show. Go out and Get The Goals You Set and Make Today a Great Day!

 

I get a lot of my quotes from great books that I read. And if you like to listen to books on Audio like I do, I put together a deal with Audible to give Goal Getting Podcast listeners a FREE Audiobook of your choice AND a 30 Day Trial of Audibles service to try them out.

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QOD-016: Victor Kiam – Entrepreneurs see no difference between obstacle and opportunity

 

Entrepreneurs are simply those that see no difference between obstacles and Opportunity - Victor KiamVictor Kiam

Today’s Quote is from Victor Kiam. I remember Victor Kiam from back in the 80’s doing TV adds for Remington Razor. Kiam is the man that loved Remington Razors so much he bought the company. He was one of the first CEO’s to go on the air doing commercials for his own product.

An American Entrepreneur

Victor Kiam was an American entrepreneur, the owner of the New England Patriots, an author of several books on

Entrepreneurship such as Going for It!: How to Succeed as an Entrepreneur, Keep Going for It!: Living the Life of an

Entrepreneur, Live to Win.

He WAS an Entreprenuer’s Entreprenuer his quote embodies the true spirit of Entrepreneurship in my opinion.

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Entrepreneurs are simply those that who understand that there is little difference between obstacles and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.”

– Victor Kiam

 

Wisdom for Entrepreneurs

Wow, What wisdom there is in that quote. We have been talking about opportunity for the last few days and this really says it all. If you are an entrepreneur, this should be hanging on your wall.

People often think about obstacles as something to avoid, or steer clear of, or a hindrance to our success.

Entrepreneurs are simply those that who understand that there is little difference between obstacles and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage. Click To Tweet

Victor Kiam believed that if you were an Entrepreneur, you knew there wasn’t a difference between an obstacle and an opportunity because you were able to turn either one to your advantage.

Thanks Victor for leaving such great a great inspirational lesson for entrepreneurs about opportunity. I can see why

Richard Branson had this as one of his top 10.

 

I get a lot of my quotes from great books that I read. And if you like to listen to books on Audio like I do, I put together a deal with Audible to give Goal Getting Podcast listeners a FREE Audiobook of your choice AND a 30 Day Trial of Audibles service to try them out.

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QOD-013: McNaught – If you don’t play, you can’t win. . .

You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little side bets about he outcome of life. If you don't play, You Can't Win! - Judith McNaught

Judith McNaught

Hello Goal Getters!
We’re here today on our Quote of the Day to help you Stay Motivated and Get Inspired. I do that by listening to those that have done what I want to do.  I also love quotes and I wanted to share some motivating and inspirational quotes from people that have motivated and inspired me.

Today’s Quote of the day is following on our Opportunity Theme. Richard Branson shared his 10 favorite quotes on
opportunity and I am sharing them with you.

You can't outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little side bets about the outcome of life - If you don't play you can't win. Click To Tweet

Judith McNaught is not someone I knew before I saw this quote that Richard Branson shared. Judith McNaught is a New York Times Best Selling Author! As an author with an eBook on Amazon.com, I know this is a great accomplishment. I think that is important to know when you listen to Judith’s Quote.  She is an Opportunity seeker and a person of action. You have to be to get on the New York Times Best Seller List.

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Judith tells us:

You can’t outwit fate by standing on the sidelines placing little side bets about the outcome of life – If you don’t play you can’t win.”

Do you know any of those people that just sit or stand around watching while others are doing things. They stand on the sidelines of your life, placing wagers,

“Oh, he’ll never do that, he’s too old. I bet he fails.”

“What does she know about that, I bet she fall on her face.”

Do you do that to yourself. Do you get ready to call someone to set up an appointment to show them your product and then say to yourself,

“I bet they won’t be interested. I shouldn’t even bother calling.”  “Oh, I bet I will mess up this deal.”

Don’t Listen to Them

First, Don’t listen to those people! And, more importantly Don’t listen to you! Don’t let your own mind place those side bets.

I loved to watch the TV Show “In It To Win It” with Guy Fieri. The catch phrase was “You Gotta Be In it To Win It!”
and that is what Judith is saying in this quote.

You Gotta Be In It To Win It! was the phrase used by Guy Fieri on the TV Game Show – In It To Win It.

Be In It To Win It

If you want to win, you have to play. Placing the side bets that stop you from acting on your goals will not make you

successful at that you want to do. If you want to Win, You have to Play first. Get out there on the field, Do the things that it takes to Win and You Will WIN!

I hope this quote will inspire you to keep playing and working on your goals.  Don’t stand on the sidelines. Play and Play to Win.

Go out today, Be In It to Win It, If you don’t play, you can’t win. Leave the sidelines for your cheerleaders and the photographers. Be in the Game!

This is Tony Woodall, you host for Goal Getting Podcast. Subscribe to and listen to our Weekly show that posts every

Wednesday, and our Quote of the Day. I would love to hear from you and find out what you think of the Podcast and the

Quote of the Day. Who has been your favorite guest so far? You can leave them a comment on their show notes page.

I mentioned my eBook on Amazon.com. If you want to get 9 Steps To Successful Goal Achievement, you can get the link to it by clicking on the link on the right Sidebar. >>>>>Over Here>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>

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QOD-012: Einstein – In the middle of every difficulty. . .

In The Middle of Every Difficulty Lies Opportunity - Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Hi Goal Getters. Welcome to Goal Getting Podcast and the Goal Getting Quote of the Day! I’m your host, Tony Woodall. If you want to Double, Triple or increase your income 10 Times like I did and get out of dead end jobs
that are taking you no where, like I did, then Listen to Goal Getting Podcast where I and my guests will teach you how to Get the Goals You Set.

One of the ways is to Stay Motivated and Get Inspired. I do that by listening to those that have done what I want to do. I also love quotes and I wanted to share some motivating and inspirational quotes from people that have motivated and inspired me.

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In The middle of every difficulty lies opportunity - Albert Einstein Click To Tweet
Today’s Quote of the day is following on our Opportunity Theme. Richard Branson shared his 10 favorite quotes on opportunity and I am going to share them with you.

Richard Branson is an entrepreneur, philanthropist and humanitarian that has inspired me and millions of other people.

Albert Einstein was one of the most intelligent and wise men in history. He created and invented many things. To be such a great mind, you had to take advantage of opportunities and the thoughts and ideas that came into your mind.

In the Middle of every difficulty lies opportunity.”  — Albert Einstein

What I believe he was saying with this is that whenever you hear about someone having a problem, that provides you with a great opportunity.

Most products that are created are done so to solve a problem. One of the best tips that I have received in life is to ask people what they hate to do, work on, or whatever. When you learn what it is, find a way to make it easier, faster, better and create it. This is the key to achieving your goals. Solving problems for people.

If you want to increase your income, provide value for your company or someone. When you provide value or solutions, you will excel.

In the Middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. – Albert Einstein
I am so glad you were able to join us today. I hope this quote will inspire you and help you stay motivated today to work on the things that will help you Get The Goals You Set.

Hey, Leave a comment below. Let me know what you think of the show. I love hearing from you.

This is Tony Woodall, your host for Goal Getting Podcast.com. Check out or weekly podcast shows on Wednesday to learn more from me or my guest about how you can Get The Goals You Set.

Friends, Make Today A Great Day.

 

I get a lot of my quotes from great books that I read. And if you like to listen to books on Audio like I do, I put together a deal with Audible to give Goal Getting Podcast listeners a FREE Audiobook of your choice AND a 30 Day Trial of Audibles service to try them out.

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QOD-011: Richard Branson – If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity . . .

Richard Branson - If offered an amazing opportunity - say yes

Sir Richard Branson

I am so glad you are back to listen to us today. If this is your first time listening, Thank you very much for joining us
today. This is the Goal Getting Podcast Quote of the Day. I love to share quotes that mean something to me and or to the
guest that are on my podcast. I ask all of my guests if they have a Quote that Hangs on Their Wall, or one that means
something to them and has helped get them to where they are today.

Today’s quote is not from one of my guests, at least not yet. I do hope to have him as a guest one day. So if you know Sir Richard Branson, please let him know I would love to have him on my podcast, Goal Getting Podcast. He can reach me at … OK, OK, just kidding OK, not really, I’m not kidding..

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Opportunity Favors The Bold

Sir Richard Branson is one of my favorite Entrepreneurs and businessman. He has turned most of the ideas he has had into amazing businesses and great adventures. He is a great humanitarian, philanthropist and motivator to millions.

I going to give you two great quotes in one today. The first one is really just a statement, but could easily be thought of as a Quote.

Richard Branson said,

Opportunity favours the bold – this is a lesson that I learned early on, and have used to guide the Virgin story.”

That is an amazing truth and you can tell that he takes every opportunity he can to be bold and it has paid off for him in most cases. But he will be the first to tell you that all of the opportunities he’s tried didn’t succeed.

One of his most famous quotes I have seen a lot lately on social media is one that I have learned early on as well. It is one that I have lived by in my own life and career.

Listen to this quote and pay close attention:

“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, say yes
– then learn how to do it later!”    — Richard Branson

The key to what Richard Branson says here is Seize the Opportunity when it comes your way, EVEN IF YOU DON”T KNOW HOW TO
DO IT. You can always learn how to do it later. But, you many not know how to do it, but if it’s a great opportunity it may not come your way again. Grab it while it’s there and Learn It when you can.

If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, Say Yes – then learn how to do it later! -- Richard Branson Click To Tweet

I worked for Fannie Mae years ago in their warehouse. I had taught myself how to install software on the computers we sold. I was learned how to talk to the people in the software support area. When they asked if I wanted to work in the Software Support Area, I had no idea how to program the software of talk about mortgages. I said Yes! I knew I wanted out of the warehouse and into a higher paying job. I figured I could learn what I needed.

I did.

Then when they sold the company a less than a year later, the new company took only 27 of the 150 staff. I WAS ONE OF THE 27. They didn’t take anyone that knew how to train customers on the Software. How to use it or How to program it. They asked who wants to do the training? No one volunteered, BUT ME! I became the Trainer. I had to learn how to teach how to program a software I had just learned how to use. I had to learn how to create training material. I had to learn how to teach people. I taught myself and learned how to do what I needed to do.

Within the next year I had more than doubled my salary I had been making in the warehouse. When I was offered the opportunity to be a consultant a couple of years later! I said Yes. I had no idea how to be a consultant. I knew the software I was consulting on. I knew how to program it, I knew how to troubleshoot it. But I had no clue how to consult on it. I got a few books, read up on how to be a consultant. What was important in software development, etc. I became a consultant charging as much as $200 an Hour.

I went from making $17,000 a year in the warehouse to charging $200 dollars an hour.

I said “Yes”, when the amazing opportunity was offered.

So, you should take Richard Branson’s advice.

“If somebody offers you an amazing opportunity but you are not sure you can do it, Say Yes! – then learn how to do it later!”


 

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