Dr Phil McGraw

Champions get what they want because they know what they want. They have a vision that keeps them motivated and efficiently on track. They see it, feel it, and experience it in their minds and hearts. What is success for you? You won’t get there without knowing what it feels and looks like.

Don’t make me put your head in my blender!

There are some sick people in this world.

That dog don’t hunt.

If you’ve gone into a marriage and you haven’t been clear about how you’re going to handle money, how you want to raise kids, who is going to work or stay home or what have you, then you’ve set yourself up for failure.

Anger is nothing more than an outward expression of hurt, fear and frustration.

Many manufacturers secretly question whether advertising really sells their product, but are vaguely afraid that their competitors might steal a march on them if they stopped.

My advice to budding property developers: do it on the cheap and you’ll get a cheap price. Don’t avoid putting in skirting just because it’s hidden by a sofa.

Ninety-nine percent of advertising doesn’t sell much of anything.

Hire people who are better than you are, then leave them to get on with it. Look for people who will aim for the remarkable, who will not settle for the routine.

No company can afford not to move forward. It may be at the top of the heap today but at the bottom of the heap tomorrow, if it doesn’t.

We can serve our customers well only if our buying jobs are right. You cannot sell if you haven’t ordered wanted goods into your store.

Every business is a monarchy with, not a man, but an idea as king.

If it doesn’t sell, it isn’t creative.

The quality of an organization can never exceed the quality of the minds that make it up.

To be most effective in sales today, it’s imperative to drop your ‘sales’ mentality and start working with your prospects as if they’ve already hired you.

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary.

The worst of times often create the best opportunities to make good deals.

I used to be able to read memo’s upside down… It was like going to the college of the entertainment business.

There should be rivalry between men and between business.

The epiphany for me at William Morris was realizing, ‘They bullshit on the phone! I can bullshit on the phone too!’