Denise Duffield-Thomas > Quotes

“Here’s the thing: nobody is going to give you permission to be successful, so stop waiting for external validation. I”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, “Make me feel important.” Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.’ MARY KAY ASH”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“Whoever said money can’t buy happiness didn’t know where to shop.” Gertrude Stein”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First Class Life

“Chances are that you already hit it and didn’t even realize, which makes you seem incredibly ungrateful to the Universe.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First-Class Life

“It’s a terrible thing in life to wait until you’re ready.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Lucky Bitch: A Guide for Exceptional Women to Create Outrageous Success

“When you plant lettuce, if it does not grow well, you don’t blame the lettuce. You look into the reasons it is not doing well. It may need fertilizer, or more water, or less sun. You never blame the lettuce. Yet if we have problems with our friends or our family, we blame the other person. But if we know how to take care of them, they will grow well, like lettuce. Blaming has no positive effect at all, nor does trying to persuade using reason and arguments. That is my experience. No blame, no reasoning, no argument, just understanding. If you understand, and you show that you understand, you can love, and the situation will change.” Thích Nhat Hanh”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First Class Life

“You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going.’ BARBARA CORCORAN”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“The weird thing is that, when normal, inevitable challenges come up – like a refund request – some people not only fall down, they launch themselves down a snake/chute and refuse to play the game again, convinced they’re a failure. They quit, or remain paralyzed by fear, shame, and indecision for years.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“Paradoxically, I’ve found that, when I take the attitude of ‘abundant time,’ I get a lot more done! If I take the pressure off myself to do everything, I naturally find myself being more productive. Maybe when you’re not forcing yourself, you won’t get as bogged down in resistance and procrastination.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“The world will become a much better place when more women prosper financially and are financially independent, including you!”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“Nice Girls Don’t Get Rich, Lois P. Frankel”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First-Class Life

“You have to decide NOW that you are enough. You are smart enough, pretty enough, clever enough, ready enough. You can be richer starting today, if you’re brave enough to define exactly what you want.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First Class Life

“go and forgive every bad financial mistake you’ve ever made, find patterns to uncover your underlying beliefs around money, write out your goals, and then get more specific about them.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First-Class Life

“And many women also think they have to be perfect before they can start: an attitude that’s the antithesis of being a Chillpreneur – it will derail you and make things way harder than they need to be.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“Then simply say the forgiveness mantra: “I forgive you. Thank you. I’m sorry. And I love you.” (This is based on Ho’oponopono, the gentle Hawaiian practice of reconciliation and forgiveness.)”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First-Class Life

“Somebody said to me, ‘But The Beatles were anti-materialistic.’ That’s a huge myth. John and I literally used to sit down and say, ‘Now, let’s write a swimming pool.’” PAUL MCCARTNEY”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First-Class Life

“Be more persistent than your ego, which wants to believe that you’re right in being pissed off. Your ego wants to hold the grudge, but do you want to be right or rich?”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First-Class Life

“Being an entrepreneur isn’t life-or-death. In the grand scheme of things, it’s not that serious or hard. As scary as it is some days, it’s still better than doing a job you hate or wasting your potential.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“You’ll never feel ready enough, and chances are that nobody is going to ‘choose’ you. You don’t have to wait to be anointed by someone. You can choose yourself.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“Remember, you’re not responsible for other people’s crap so don’t take it on.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First Class Life

“Manifesting is simply the art of transmuting a thought (a dream or a desire) into reality so that you can touch and experience it for real.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First-Class Life

“I’m self-employed because that’s how I want to live my life. I want to be able to go to the movies on a Tuesday afternoon if I want, and I’m not interested in cleaning my own house. Part of getting to live this way has been giving up the guilt of other people’s opinions about what I should and shouldn’t do with my money. Decluttering your old memories really helps with this!”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First-Class Life

“the belief that you have to be a certain way or a particular personality type comes from a place of scarcity.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chill and Prosper: The New Way to Grow Your Business, Make Millions, and Change the World

“Stormy or sunny days, glorious or lonely nights, I maintain an attitude of gratitude. If I insist on being pessimistic, there is always tomorrow. Today I am blessed” Maya Angelou”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First Class Life

“It feels presumptuous to choose yourself. Women, especially, aren’t supposed to brag or be too confident. It feels audacious to say that you like and believe in yourself, let alone believe in your business success.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“Extreme perfectionism is self-hatred in disguise”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Lucky Bitch: A Guide for Exceptional Women to Create Outrageous Success

“My mission, should I choose to accept it, is to find peace
with exactly who and what I am. To take pride in my
thoughts, my appearance, my talents, my flaws and to stop
this incessant worrying that I can’t be loved as I am.’ ANAÏS NIN”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Chillpreneur: The New Rules for Creating Success, Freedom, and Abundance on Your Terms

“Taking power back around your money is about getting the balance right. Taking too much or too little responsibility holds you back from having a beautiful, healthy and abundant relationship with your true wealthy self. You don’t need to get evicted, lose all your friends or break up your marriage to learn the lesson. Take a look at where money is a pain in the butt for you and ask yourself: Where has this shown up in the past? What’s the pattern? What’s the Universe trying to tell you? What are you afraid of? What are you no longer willing to put up with?”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First Class Life

“My time is now. I am ready for the next step.”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Planning a Green and Ethical Wedding

“If you lend someone $20, and never see that person again; it was probably worth it.” Anonymous”
― Denise Duffield-Thomas, Get Rich, Lucky Bitch: Release Your Money Blocks and Live a First Class Life