Dan Miller Quotes & Sayings
Enjoy the top 53 famous quotes, sayings and quotations by Dan Miller.
Famous Quotes By Dan Miller
No individual can achieve worthy goals without accepting accountability for his or her own actions. — Dan Miller
The people who complain the loudest about never having an opportunity in life are usually the ones who have no idea what they really want. — Dan Miller
Work is not a curse of God but one of the benefits of living on this earth. Finding the work you love is not a self-serving goal; it is a required component of fulfilling your true calling. — Dan Miller
Unfounded fears about your competence and abilities can cripple your unique talents and gifts, which are waiting to be released. — Dan Miller
You must develop a sense of what you can contribute that goes beyond 1 company or organization. A career path today will likely involve moving from organization to organization, creating a picture of rising circles, rather than a vertical ladder. In fact, a vertical rise within one organization will very likely move you away from your strongest areas of competence. — Dan Miller
The heart of our relationship, this natural environment that has blessed us really all along the west coast of North America, on both sides of the border we've realized that this incredible natural wealth comes with a price. — Dan Miller
How sad that we often diminish our best gifts by struggling valiantly to develop in someone else's area of ability. It is better to focus on your uniqueness and do that with excellence than to end up with mediocrity in several areas. — Dan Miller
Perfectionism is not as much the desire for excellence, as it is the fear of failure couched in procrastination . — Dan Miller
Don't be indecisive and unstable in all your ways. Rather, walk in the strength, confidence, and boldness that come from decisive action. — Dan Miller
Would it be unreasonable to expect to find fulfilling, enjoyable, spiritually significant, income-producing work? — Dan Miller
Change, even if unwelcome, forces us to reevaluate what our best options are. Those times of transitions are great opportunities to look for recurring patterns in your life and make adjustments to build on the good and reduce the bad. — Dan Miller
Money is ultimately not enough compensation for investing your time and energy: there has to be a sense of purpose, meaning and fulfillment. — Dan Miller
True professional selling is simply sharing enthusiasm. — Dan Miller
Better questions to ask regarding a career or job choice would be: What was I born to do? What would be my greatest contribution to others? What do I really love to do (and when I'm doing it, time just flies by)? What are the recurring themes that I find myself drawn to? How do I want to be remembered? — Dan Miller
I started in the industry in Public Relations, Quality Assurance, Information Systems and furniture moving. I tried my hand in design and haven't looked back. I'm fond of hackysack, racquetball, BBQ grilling, hanging out with my wife and friends — Dan Miller
Don't wait on perfect conditions for success to happen; just go ahead and do something! — Dan Miller
Continual learning is the key to continual living. — Dan Miller
The key to success is to be true to who you really are. — Dan Miller
The difference between the successful and the troubled is not error-free living; it is that by discovering and implementing a life calling, the successful stand on their pile of trash while the troubled sit under theirs. — Dan Miller
If we have no identity apart from our jobs, we are truly vulnerable. — Dan Miller
Choosing to associate with positive, optimistic people will accelerate our positive growth. — Dan Miller
Money is ultimately never enough compensation for investing one's time and energy. There must be a sense of purpose, meaning, and accomplishment. — Dan Miller
To look for a job before looking deeply inward is likely to short-circuit the process of finding your calling. — Dan Miller
We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems. — Dan Miller
It's easy to focus on the things that divide us. Sometimes too easy. — Dan Miller
In today's work arena, creativity may be more of an asset than competence. — Dan Miller
Don't be so busy trying to make a living that you're too busy to make a life. — Dan Miller
Why don't universities specify the length of time a degree will be fully applicable and useful? — Dan Miller
You know, we have our differences, everybody does, honest, real differences, but I do believe strongly that we as neighbors are drawn together far more than we're driven apart. — Dan Miller
A goal is a dream with a timeframe on it. — Dan Miller
My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems? — Dan Miller
Have you ever noticed that even if God allows you to have a dream, you're expected to work to make it happen? — Dan Miller
Embrace the work opportunity you have today. It may be the stepping-stone you need on your way to success. — Dan Miller
Find ways to embrace the things that make you unique, and you'll unlock the ways you can make a difference in the world. — Dan Miller
Sorrow, anger and resentment look back, worry looks around, while faith, hope, and optimism look to the future. — Dan Miller
Sanctified ignorance is the belief that if we love God and have committed our lives to Him, everything will work out ... Sanctified ignorance is no excuse for a life out of alignment, lacking joy, fulfillment, and a clear sense of accomplishment ... Look at how God has uniquely gifted you in your skills and abilities, personality traits, and values, dreams and passions. It is in these that we find the authentic path designed for us for a purpose-driven life. — Dan Miller
Meaningful work is within your grasp. — Dan Miller
The loss of a job may be the wake up-call needed to redeem the fire of your genius. — Dan Miller
No man can Become Rich without enriching others. — Dan Miller
A job should not define who or what you are. You should be able to leave today and it not change the overall purpose or direction of your life. Your calling is a much larger concept than what you do daily to create income. Work opportunities can come and go - the direction of your life should remain constant. — Dan Miller
Circumstances will never determine your amount of happiness. Circumstances only highlight who you already are. — Dan Miller
Don't settle for comfortable misery, a sad state where you're hanging on to what is most predictable and familiar at the risk of letting exciting opportunities pass you by. — Dan Miller
In one line of his poem he said good fences make good neighbors. I'd like to think that Alaska and British Columbia working together can prove that we can be pretty darned good neighbors without fences. — Dan Miller
Success doesn't sneak up on us; it starts as a dream that we combine with a clear plan of action. — Dan Miller
Your security is determined by your ability to define what it is you do that has value. The clearer you can be on what it is you do well and what provides value for someone else, the more security you have. — Dan Miller
Success is never an accident. It typically starts as imagination, becomes a dream, stimulates a goal, grows into a plan of action - which then inevitably meets with opportunity. Don't get stuck along the way. — Dan Miller
If someone saw a movie of your life so far, when the credits rolled, would they say, "Wow, that was awesome?" Or would they scratch their heads and say, "I wonder what that was all about? — Dan Miller