14 Quotes to Inspire Success in 2022

The world can look grim. Your inputs determine your outlook. You can never have enough positive, inspiring, and motivating inputs.

I spend the morning migrating my bullet journal.

As this was a year-end migration, I reviewed my last 15 months of notes to seek out my most interesting remnants. Among the things I’ve migrated is a spread of inspiring motivational quotes.

Today, I’ll share my favorites quotes of the year and what they mean to me.

Adam Grant reminds us to find our balance. Some of the work we do should be optimized, getting the most out of our productivity. Other work should simmer until a bolt of inspiration strikes.

Great writing looks easy. It looks that way because the author spent the needed time rewriting the ideas until they came out just write.

I’ve always acted like water, finding the path of least resistance to my goals. Now I imagine what would have happened had I acted more deliberately with my aims. This one gets straight to my core.

Full of infinite wisdom wrapped in boyish charm, Jim Rohn suggests that it’s more important to develop valuable skills within yourself. He doesn’t say we need to abandon our jobs. Instead, strike the right balance so that we get better and better.

We often think we need to have things, in order to do and then become. In fact, James Clear reminds us that we can start with being (being happy, being wise, being loving, being fit), and turn that into action that is aligned with that being — acting as if we had the identity. As we do more and more, we reap the outcomes that we desire.

Make your list of No’s a lot longer than your list of Yes’s.

Thinking gets you to a certain point. Serious action comes from believing in your core.

Hemingway extracts our essence. We are all a work-in-progress. We should work at becoming superior. We should judge only against where we were yesterday.

Difficulty will happen, whether we are ready or not. It’s our mindset that will get us through. Is your glass half-empty, or half-full?

It’s not enough to know for ourselves. We have to convey our ideas to others. Only then do we see how much we truly know.

Be careful what you wish for. :-)

A year ago, I was afraid of publishing, afraid of sharing my thoughts, afraid of showing my work-in-progress. Day by day, one piece at a time, I’ve worked through my barriers. I’m looking forward to what is possible in the next year.

Everyone needs a reminder of what is hiding inside, or what we’re avoiding.

Wishing everyone lots of meaning, happiness and success!

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