Steven Schuster > Quotes

“If moving beyond shallow awareness of systems thinking is your goal, start by studying the book The Fifth Discipline: The Art and Practice of the Learning Organization by Peter Senge.”
― Steven Schuster, The Art of Thinking In Systems: Improve Your Logic, Think More Critically, and Use Proven Systems to Solve Your Problems - Strategic Planning for Everyday Life

“When we allow our standards to be impacted by our past performance and negative perception of it, we are setting our systems up for failure as we allow them to drift toward low performance and take our goals and expectations right along with them.

In order to combat this, we need to keep our standards steadfast despite dips in performance and expect that we will rise to meet them. If we do this, we can flip the script and start drifting toward better performance.”
― Steven Schuster, The Art of Thinking in Systems: A Crash Course in Logic, Critical Thinking, And Analysis-Based Decision Making. - Strategic Problem Solving for Everyday Life

“I now know that I do not have to wait and wish for a slower-paced life; I can choose to create it for myself. I can choose to live in the present. The best thing of all is that everyone can. Meditation does not require one perfect technique or a set of special skills. Meditation can be done by anyone, anytime, anywhere.”
― Steven Schuster, Quiet Your Mind: Mindfulness Meditation Practices to Reduce Stress, Manage Anxiety and Worry, Improve Mental Health, and Create Inner Peace

“You will never be happy if you continue to search for what happiness consists of. You will never live if you are looking for the meaning of life.” —Albert Camus”
― Steven Schuster, Rewire Your Mind: Stop Overthinking. Reduce Anxiety and Worrying. Control Your Thoughts To Make Better Decisions.

“It is only by being willing to listen to all perspectives that you can truly get to the heart of the problem.”
― Steven Schuster, The Art of Thinking In Systems: Improve Your Logic, Think More Critically, and Use Proven Systems to Solve Your Problems - Strategic Planning for Everyday Life

“The problem is that when we fail to take the time to examine our internal systems as well, sometimes our solutions create new problems. These problems can be significant, serious, and very hard to overcome, if they are really ingrained in the structure of a system.”
― Steven Schuster, The Art of Thinking in Systems: A Crash Course in Logic, Critical Thinking, And Analysis-Based Decision Making. - Strategic Problem Solving for Everyday Life

“Our power must come from within. Our motivation will be the push we need to get started, and our willpower and discipline will be the driving forces which helps us power through obstacles, giving us time to cement our habits and make them more permanent fixtures in our daily lives.”
― Steven Schuster, The Science Of Effective Habits: Stop Procrastination, Boost Your Productivity, Increase Your Mindfulness, And Change The Way You Live Forever