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Above All Else
Dan Brodsky-Chenfeld
Top 10 Best Quotes
“It wasn’t until I actually made the decision to let go of the plane and started falling away that I realized there was no turning back. At that instant, the fear was gone, vanished, defeated by pure excitement and exhilaration. I was stepping into the unknown. I had never felt as wonderful and alive as I did at that moment.”
“Trusting our instincts is not limited to sports. In every walk of life, regardless of how well trained our instincts are, we will usually do our best by trusting them. Recent brain-scanning technology has shown that the brain unconsciously makes rational decisions, quickly analyzing the data it gets, and reaches a decision sometimes seconds before our conscious minds “think up” that same decision. Actions that feel like random choices or instinctive responses are often logical thought processes using available information carried out in the unconscious mind. Many successful businesspeople say their best decisions are the ones they make using “gut feelings” or instinct.”
“To truly “reach for our dreams” and achieve a specific goal, certain steps need to be followed, information researched, decisions made, and action taken. If I wanted to pursue my dream, I had to stop dreaming and get down to business.”
“This was it—decision time. All the fantasizing, dreaming, investigating, deliberating, and action taken came down to this moment. I didn’t have to go. I could’ve still changed my mind, said no, and climbed back in the plane. This was the moment. Would I face my fears in pursuit of my dream, or would I give up, not follow through, and forever regret it?”
“These were all decisions made in pursuit of a dream. A dream of reaching for excellence and toward becoming the best I could be as a person and in an activity I loved. At those moments of decision time, I felt strong, confident, powerful, faithful.”
“The decision is how you will answer this question. Will I take full personal responsibility for my mistakes and for not achieving my goals?”
“Only then did I realize all the decisions I had made in my life that had made me feel like a winner at the time had also actually trained me to become a winner. Every time I had the courage to make the hard decisions.”
“Once I set my sights on a goal, to ignore the fear and keep moving forward until decision time.”
“Making the final decision to jump was literally “taking a leap of faith.” I didn’t know exactly what was going to happen next, but had decided to have a little faith and trust in the equipment, myself, and the world I had just leaped into.”
“Make one good decision at a time. Stick to what you know is right, and continue to operate as the teammate that you would want to have. Little by little, you will start to build momentum. At some point you will pull your team across the threshold of becoming a high-performance team. There will be no turning back.”
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