Don’t be naïve – appearance matters. Style comes before substance during first impressions. People judge based on what they see before they find out what’s within.
~ Mensah Oteh
You’ll live your life at the least common denominator of those you spend the most time with if you are not watchful.
~ Mensah Oteh
Your associations play a crucial part of your success equation. Study them closely because they will help or hinder you from reaching your potential.
~ Mensah Oteh
Don’t leave it to chance, find success and replicate it.
~ Mensah Oteh
Your environment and the associations you keep will affect how you think, feel, and act, and ultimately the results you get.
~ Mensah Oteh
You are the best thing that will happen to someone today.
~ Mensah Oteh
Your ability to learn from the experiences of other successful people is one of your most important habits that will give you the best chance of success.
~ Mensah Oteh
If you wish to be successful, you have be willing to invest the time, energy, and money necessary to associate with the right people.
~ Mensah Oteh
Others have seen and experienced the good, the bad, and the ugly, and their experiences serve as models you can learn from.
~ Mensah Oteh
You rob yourself of reaching your maximum potential and the best chance of success when you try to succeed alone.
~ Mensah Oteh
Get around people who are trying to make a difference in the world. Iron sharpens iron.
~ Mensah Oteh
Although failure is a good learning experience, you don’t have to go through life making mistakes if they can be avoided.
~ Mensah Oteh
You could be performing below your potential in areas where you are relying on your own experiences alone and without the guidance of a trusted mentor.
~ Mensah Oteh
Develop a strong thirst for positive associations and learning from others, because the right people can take you further than you can go on your own.
~ Mensah Oteh
Success is not achieved in a vacuum: the people you spend most of your time with and the voices you allow to influence your thoughts play a significant part in your success or lack of it.
~ Mensah Oteh
Incredible ideas, results, and outcomes are possible when two or more minds come together for a common purpose.
~ Mensah Oteh
Generosity creates the higher life. There is no nobler virtue than the care one person shows to another.
~ Mensah Oteh
Less is more, especially in relationships. You must understand and appreciate the importance of quality in relationships over quantity.
~ Mensah Oteh
Become skilled in the process of selecting whom you allow into your circle of influence.
~ Mensah Oteh
Don’t live your life in the future without any planned rewards for your effort and sacrifices today.
~ Mensah Oteh
Anything in your life achieved too soon or too freely with little sacrifice is lost too quickly
~ Mensah Oteh
Be willing to give up something you believe to be of value to get something of greater value.
~ Mensah Oteh
The promise of the future is only possible when the price is paid in full and in advance.
~ Mensah Oteh
Sacrifice doesn’t mean giving up something for nothing, it means giving up one thing for another of a greater perceived value.
~ Mensah Oteh
You are often prevented from reaching your full potential because you hold so tightly to your past success.
~ Mensah Oteh
To become successful, you have to let go of something to get something else of greater value.
~ Mensah Oteh
Be willing to constantly travel towards the dreams of your future and don’t be afraid to give up the good for the great.
~ Mensah Oteh
Success comes with a promise and a price. The price has to be paid in full and in advance before the promise is fulfilled.
~ Mensah Oteh
If you are serious about achieving your desired goals, be willing to let go of the small pleasures found in the moment that may sabotage your chances of experiencing true pleasure when the sacrifice is paid.
~ Mensah Oteh
The pursuit of any worthwhile goal requires that you give up something that feels comfortable, secure, and safe in the moment to get you closer to your future dreams.
~ Mensah Oteh
The level of success you will experience can be predicted by looking closely at the sacrifices you are willing to make.
~ Mensah Oteh
The discipline of delaying gratification is a factor for predicting success.
~ Mensah Oteh
In the success equation, subtraction comes before multiplication or addition. You must sow before you can reap a harvest.
~ Mensah Oteh
Without a compelling vision to draw you away from your present and pull you through any challenges and into the future, it becomes easy to settle for a lesser life than the one you could achieve.
~ Mensah Oteh
If you pay the price for success, you win. If you avoid payment, you lose. It’s really that simple.
~ Mensah Oteh
Your willingness to sacrifice who you are today for who you need to be in the future is a necessary decision on the success journey.
~ Mensah Oteh
You can only build on success, but to do this you have to be willing to let go of your last success and use it as a stepping stone for your next achievement.
~ Mensah Oteh
Success has more to do with what you are willing to sacrifice than your skills, talent or IQ.
~ Mensah Oteh
Success comes as a result of working towards fulfilling your potential and closing the gap between who you are now and who you are capable of becoming.
~ Mensah Oteh
The greatest obstacle to your progress and growth is often your unwillingness to pay the necessary price through sacrifice.
~ Mensah Oteh
