Charles Garfield famous quotes

Peak performers see the ability to manage change as a necessity in fulfilling thier missions.
-- Charles Garfield

#Determination #Missions #Ability

Workaholics are addicted to activity; super achievers are committed to results.
-- Charles Garfield

#Workaholic #Results #Committed

On course doesn't mean perfect. On course means that even when things don't go perfectly - you are still going in the right direction.
-- Charles Garfield

#Mean #Perfect #Strive

Values provide perspective in the best of times and the worst.
-- Charles Garfield

#Perspective #Worst #Values

It takes no genius to observe that a one-man band never gets very big
-- Charles Garfield

#Men #Band #Genius

Mission starts with determining what you really care about and want to accomplish and committing yourself to it. You can always develop expertise. First, discover your preference.
-- Charles Garfield

#Over You #Want #Firsts

People who have committed to a service/advocacy role will tell you that some of the sublimest pleasure they have ever experienced comes in the context of that work. You get way more than you give.
-- Charles Garfield

#People #Giving #Roles

I've discovered that numerous peak performers use the skill of mental rehearsal of visualization. They mentally run through important events before they happen.
-- Charles Garfield

#Running #Skills #Important

All athletic accomplishments begin with volition; that is, the desire and willpower necessary to succeed. Volition affects more than thoughts and feelings - it affects physical performance.
-- Charles Garfield

#Basketball #Accomplishment #Athletic

Peak performers develop powerful mental images of the behavior that will lead to the desired results. They see in their mind's eye the result they want, and the actions leading to it.
-- Charles Garfield

#Powerful #Eye #Thinking

The fact is, the difference between peak performers and everybody else are much smaller than everybody else thinks.
-- Charles Garfield

#Thinking #Differences #Excellence

Can you have more than one major MISSION pervading your life? NO. That would be like coming to a fork in the road and trying to go both ways by straddling it.
-- Charles Garfield

#Trying #Would Be #Way

I'm not overweight, I'm undertall
-- Charles Garfield

#Overweight