John Izzo > Quotes

“From a brain perspective, every time we do something we are more likely to do it again, and every time we stop ourselves from doing something we are less likely to do it again.”
― John Izzo, Stepping Up: How Taking Responsibility Changes Everything

“The future cannot be controlled, only experienced.”
― John Izzo

“I spent months fighting the fact that she had a personality disorder, but everything changed when I started asking myself how I had to adapt to work with a boss like her.”
― John Izzo, Stepping Up: How Taking Responsibility Changes Everything

“Life lived for tomorrow will always be just a day away from being realized. —Leo Buscaglia”
― John Izzo, The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

“The greatest tragedy in life is to spend your whole life fishing only to discover that it was not fish you were after.”
― John Izzo, The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

“Happiness is not in what is happening; it is in how I process what is happening.”
― John Izzo

“Thoughts and words are the powerful beginning of a chain that defines how we live”
― John Izzo, The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

“Victims are also less likely to take initiative because they feel outcomes are not in their hands anyway. An organization filled with victims will generally have low morale, have more risk-averse behavior, and find it difficult to implement change.”
― John Izzo, Stepping Up: How Taking Responsibility Changes Everything

“Be careful of your thoughts, because your thoughts become your words. Be careful with your words, because your words become your actions. Be careful of your actions, because your actions become your habits. Be careful of your habits, because your habits become your character. And your character becomes your destiny.”
― John Izzo, The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

“Thoughts and words are the powerful beginning of a chain that defines how we live.”
― John Izzo, The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die

“adversity introduces us to ourselves,”
― John Izzo, The Five Secrets You Must Discover Before You Die