Bo Bennett Quotes (72 Quotes)

The only place opportunity cannot be found is in a closed-minded person.

I like to think of sales as the ability to gracefully persuade, not manipulate, a person or persons into a win-win situation.

Value people on their potential, not on their history.

Resume: a written exaggeration of only the good things a person has done in the past, as well as a wish list of the qualities a person would like to have.

It's not people who resent successful people; it's resentful people who resent successful people.

Enthusiasm is excitement with inspiration, motivation, and a pinch of creativity.

If you think Abraham Lincoln became famous for inventing the town car, it is time to spend a few hours on history.

Think before you act and act on what you believe.

The discipline you learn and character you build from setting and achieving a goal can be more valuable than the achievement of the goal itself.

Avoiding the phrase "I don't have time...", will soon help you to realize that you do have the time needed for just about anything you choose to accomplish in life.

Not being in tune with your customers is like living in an alternate reality; the way you think your customers feel about your product is not always the same as what your customers really think about your product.

Most of us are consumed with our own thoughts and desires and are not always thinking about what other people may want. This is not necessarily being egocentric; it is just being human.

The concept of the "good ol' days" must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success.

If you are going to ask yourself life-changing questions, be sure to do something with the answers.

A dream collage is pictures of your goals. It is like your future photo album.

An objection is not a rejection; it is simply a request for more information.

Communication is about being effective, not always about being proper.

An excuse becomes an obstacle in your journey to success when it is made in place of your best effort or when it is used as the object of the blame.

Martial arts is not about fighting; it's about building character.

Faked enthusiasm is worse than bad acting - it is bad acting with the intent to deceive.

Every minute you spend in your life is either spent bringing you closer to your goals or moving you away from your goals.

The best way to lose a job is just not to care. When you do not care, it shows in everything you do.

Think of success as a game of chance in which you have control over the odds. As you begin to master concepts in personal achievement, you are increasing your odds of achieving success.

Having a positive mental attitude is asking how something can be done rather than saying it can't be done.

Affiliate marketing has made businesses millions and ordinary people millionaires.

It is not our mistakes that define who we are; it is how we recover from those mistakes.

Every day, people settle for less than they deserve. They are only partially living or at best living a partial life. Every human being has the potential for greatness.

Untapped potential is the difference between where a person is now and where he or she can be.

Using rhetorical questions in speeches is a great way to keep the audience involved. Don't you think those kinds of questions would keep your attention?

Negotiating techniques do not work all that well with kids, because in the middle of a negotiation, they will say something completely unrelated such as, You know what I have a belly button and completely throw you off guard.

Traditional investment vehicles such as IRAs, CDs, stocks and bonds do have their place, but for the rich, they are used more as temporary storage facilities rather than life-long homes.

A rejection is nothing more than a necessary step in the pursuit of success.

Success is not in what you have, but who you are.

The secret to having everything you want out of life is the realization that you really don't want most of the things you think you want.

You are not, nor ever will be, better than anyone else besides the person you are now.

Never expect people to treat you any better than you treat yourself.

Those who improve with age embrace the power of personal growth and personal achievement and begin to replace youth with wisdom, innocence with understanding, and lack of purpose with self-actualization.

Peeves do not make very good pets.

Anyone who wants to sell you overnight success or wealth is not interested in your success; they are interested in your money.

True popularity comes from acts of kindness rather than acts of stupidity.

A single question can be more influential than a thousand statements.

Diplomacy is more than saying or doing the right things at the right time, it is avoiding saying or doing the wrong things at any time.

We can create the ultimate job security by becoming less dependent on the organization for which we work and more dependent on our own resources.

I am pretty sure if the TV series 'Seinfeld' was on around when Maslow was writing this hierarchy of needs theory, not missing an episode would have made it somewhere between safety and love.

To me, living in the present means being aware of your conscious choice to focus on the past, present or future - it is not necessarily having to focus on the present.

For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.

A good leader is one who can tell another how to reach his or her potential; a great leader is one who can help another discover this potential for him or herself.

It is not rejection itself that people fear, it is the possible consequences of rejection. Preparing to accept those consequences and viewing rejection as a learning experience that will bring you closer to success, will not only help you to conquer the fear of rejection, but help you to appreciate rejection itself.

While we are focusing on fear, worry, or hate, it is not possible for us to be experiencing happiness, enthusiasm or love.

A dead end can never be a one way street; you can always turn around and take another road.