Ralph Waldo Emerson Rule of Thumb

To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.

Charles Kuralt Rule of Thumb

Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.

Henri Matisse Rule of Thumb

Derive happiness in oneself from a good day's work, from illuminating the fog that surrounds us.

Steven Pressfield Rules of Thumb

Activities that most commonly elicit Resistance ...

1. The pursuit of any calling in writing, painting, music, film, dance, or any creative art, however marginal or unconventional.
2. The launching of any entrepreneurial venture or enterprise, for profit or otherwise.
3. Any diet or health regimen.
4. Any program of spiritual advancement.
5. Any activity whose aim is tighter abdominals.
6. Any course or program designed to overcome an unwholesome habit or addiction.
7. Education of every kind.
8. Any act of political, moral, or ethical courage, including the decision to change for the better some unworthy pattern of thought or conduct in ourselves.
9. The undertaking of any enterprise or endeavor whose aim is to help others.
10. Any act that entails commitment of the heart ... the decision to get married, to have a child, to weather a rocky patch in a relationship.
11. The taking of any principled stand in the face of adversity.

[From The War of Art, Steven Pressfield]

Dale Dauten Rule of Thumb

It is better to try and fail than to marry the status quo.

Jessica Alba Rule of Thumb

If you look confident you can pull off anything ... even if you have no clue what you're doing.

Alfred A. Montapert Rule of Thumb

Do not confuse motion and progress ... a rocking horse keeps moving but does not make any progress!

Chinese Rule of Thumb

Forty thousand wishes won't fill your bucket with fishes.

Thomas Alva Edison Rule of Thumb

I haven't failed ... I just found 1,000 ways that don't work!

[Said in reference to inventing the lightbulb]

Nido Qubein Rule of Thumb

Winners compare their accomplishments with their goals ... losers compare their achievements to those of other people.

Robert Frost Rule of Thumb

By working faithfully eight hours a day you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day!

Napoleon Hill Rule of Thumb

Whatever the mind of a person can conceive and believe, it can achieve.

Mark Twain Rule of Thumb

Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do ... so throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor, catch the trade winds in your sails ... explore, dream, discover!

Peter F. Drucker Rule of Thumb

Effective executives start with their time.

Mario Andretti Rule of Thumb

If everything is under control, you're going too slow.

Nando Pelusi Rule of Thumb

To cut distractions and stay focused at work, practice returning to your key task through persistent refocusing.

Deng Xiaoping Rule of Thumb

It doesn't matter if a cat is black or white, so long as it catches mice.

Jenny Shu Rule of Thumb

Talk doesn't cook rice!

Wayne Gretzky Rule of Thumb

You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take!

Teresa Shin Rule of Thumb

Nothing is impossible for the person who doesn't have to do it themself.