They are probably the single most important deciding factor for long-term success, and your ability to set and make plans to achieve them is the master skill to your successful future.
~ Mensah Oteh
Long-term goals provide focus, but inspiration comes from the accomplishment of short-term goals.
~ Mensah Oteh
In order to be successful you must decide to be intentional about what you do, how you live, and who you are becoming.
~ Mensah Oteh
Achieving a goal is not the most important part of the process. The destination should never be your primary purpose or objective.
~ Mensah Oteh
Reasons are the fuel for goal achievement. Without a strong enough reason, it’s impossible to persevere.
~ Mensah Oteh
The person you grow to become in pursuit of a goal makes the journey a memorable experience.
~ Mensah Oteh
Life isn’t about what you have, it’s about who you are.
~ Mensah Oteh
Select carefully and continuously review your circle of influence, and be unapologetic about who you exclude.
~ Mensah Oteh
Love everyone but chose your friends with caution.
~ Mensah Oteh
Difficult times revel true friends but also the unfaithful in your life. Be attentive always, but especially during tough times.
~ Mensah Oteh
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
