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Five People Around You Are Determining Your Success

Jim Rohn -“You’re the average of the five people you spend most of your time with”. In fact, five people around you are determining your success! Who are your influential five? Most of us are familiar with the idea that the environment we live in affects the person we are, the characteristics we portray and the way that we behave as humans. Others are affecting your career Have you ever considered that the people you keep around you could affect the path of your future and career? We all need family, friends and mentors in our lives, people we turn to for advice or solidarity when times are tough, the people we trust and are influenced by. However, have you ever stopped to think that maybe some of those influential people may actually be having a negative impact on your life, even subconsciously? We are the average of the five people we spend most time with Five people around you are determining your success and they are people you chose to ...

Top 23 Best Robert Downey Jr. Quotes

An A-list American actor Robert Downey Jr.  is witty, confident and well spoken. Over his lengthy Hollywood career, he has become one of the most highly respected actors. During his time in the movie industry, he has faced and overcome drug addiction and multiple legal conflicts. Despite that, he managed to re-launch his acting career and landed the leading roles in Iron Man  (2008) and Sherlock Holmes  (2009). These  Robert Downey Jr. quotes will definitely encourage you to strive for your own wild success. Born April 4, 1965 in Manhattan, New York to filmmaker Robert Downey Sr. and actress Elsie Downey, he made his first appearance at the age of five in his father’s 1970 movie,  Pound . Even though he was born into the industry, Robert Downey Jr. has reinvented himself, again and again, to stay fresh, vibrant and elegant for nearly four decades. Many consider  Robert Downey Jr.  one of the most prominent and intellectually s...

Steve Jobs – If Today Was The Last Day Of My Life

This is one of the most powerful videos I’ve edited on MotivationGrid. It is such an incredibly motivational yet inspirational video but at the same time, the speech Steve Jobs goes into leaves you thinking deeply. You can watch the video by clicking on the thumbnail above the first paragraph. Transcript When I was 17, I read a quote that went something like, “If you live each day as if it were your last, someday you’ll most certainly be right.” It made an impression on me… and since then, for the past33 years I have looked in the mirror every morning and asked myself, “If today were the last day of my life, would I want to do what I’m about to do today.” And whenever the answer has been, “no” for too many days in a row, I know I need to change something. Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything: all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failu...

22 Genius Stephen Hawking Quotes To Remember Him

He tragically passed away on March 14, 2018, at the age of 76, leaving behind a great and unique legacy. British physicist  Stephen Hawking was without a doubt one of the most motivating and life-changing people of the last century. He is not only an absolute intellectual giant, but also an example of incredible endurance and willpower in the face of debilitating disability. We have collected 22 of the most brilliant Stephen Hawking quotes to inspire you and to commemorate his passing Diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a form of motor neuron disease, at age 21, doctors gave him 2 years to live. He overcame crippling illness to create some of the most groundbreaking scientific theories in the last few centuries. Hawking ’s goal was incredibly ambitious – to understand the deepest workings of the universe. For that goal, he devoted everything to finding a “theory of everything”. With all his awe-inspiring achievements, we tend to forget we has also...