Hal Elrod Quotes & Sayings

We must embrace the fact that if we don't commit to thinking and living differently than most people now, we are setting ourselves up to endure a life of mediocrity, struggle, failure and regret-just like most people. — Hal Elrod

Those who overcome the temptations of mediocrity and achieve everything they want in life have an extraordinarily compelling why that drives them. They have defined a clear life purpose that is more powerful than the collective sum of their petty problems and the countless obstacles they will inevitably face, and they wake up each day and work towards their purpose. — Hal Elrod

People who complain often say things like, 'I'm not being negative, I'm just being realistic.' Really? How is it anymore 'realistic' to focus on and talk about things that discourage us and make us feel bad, than to focus on and talk about the POSITIVE aspects of life that make us feel GOOD? Both area equally REALISTIC, but which you choose to dwell on has a very different impact on the quality of YOUR life. — Hal Elrod

Make sure to answer these (3) empowering questions everyday (preferably in writing): Q1-What am I grateful for? Q2-What am I proud of? Q3-What results am I committed to creating today? -> Start now! — Hal Elrod

Remember that nearly all extraordinary accomplishments began by overcoming a series of challenges that discourage and tempt us to quit, before we succeed. Those that maintain faith, stay committed, follow through and keep moving forward are the few that achieve everything they want in life. Be one of the few. — Hal Elrod

While coming to grips with my new reality wasn't easy, and at times I couldn't help but wonder - why did this happen to me? - I had to take responsibility for getting my life back. Instead of complaining about how things should be, I embraced how things were. I stopped putting energy into wishing my life were any different - into wishing bad things didn't happen to me - and instead focused 100% on making the best of what I had. Since I couldn't change the past, I focused on moving forward. I dedicated my life to fulfilling my potential and achieving my dreams so I could discover how to empower others to do the same. — Hal Elrod

I don't have time to wake up early. - UNKNOWN — Hal Elrod

Anything you want for your life, if someone else has done, become, or achieved it, use that as evidence that so can you. — Hal Elrod

The 1st secret to success is to simply master your ability to get started, to take the first step. If you want to get physically fit, simply pack a gym bag everyday and get in the car. Once you do, where else are you going to go? — Hal Elrod

Our outer world will always be a reflection of our inner world. Our level of success is always going to parallel our level of personal development. Until we dedicate time each day to developing ourselves into the person we need to be to create the life we want, success is always going to be a struggle to attain. — Hal Elrod

No excuses. No regrets. Just an incredible, meaningful, and exciting life! — Hal Elrod

The less you 'think' you know, the greater your ability to learn and grow. — Hal Elrod

How we live our lives gives those we love permission to do the same. That is a power and a responsibility that we can never take lightly. — Hal Elrod

We must realize that the real impact and consequence of each of our choices and actions - and even our thoughts - is monumental, because every single thought, choice, and action is determining who we are becoming, which will ultimately determine the quality of our lives. — Hal Elrod

Life isn't about wishing you were somewhere, or someone that you're not. Life is about enjoying where you are, loving who you are and consistently improving both. — Hal Elrod

Your first thought in the morning is usually the last thought you had before you went to bed. — Hal Elrod

Every single one of us already has everything we need to be the happiest person on earth; it's simply up to us to remember that in every moment. — Hal Elrod

Journaling has become one of the most gratifying and fulfilling practices of my life. Not only do I derive the daily benefits of consciously directing my thoughts and putting them in writing, but even more powerful are those I have gained from reviewing my journals. — Hal Elrod

Always seek people who will add value to your life and bring out the best in you. And of course, be that person for others. — Hal Elrod

Dear Procrastinator: Taking action in and of itself is not difficult, but is in fact satisfying and is usually followed by a sense of pride & accomplishment. However, it is THINKING about the action that you should be taking and NOT taking it that's difficult, as it leaves you feeling guilty and unsatisfied. THE SOLUTION: Stop thinking and take action NOW. — Hal Elrod

Give up being perfect for being authentic. Be who you are. Love who you are. Others will too. — Hal Elrod

The one thing we can count on is that time will pass; day will become night, and the sunrise will bring with it a new tomorrow. What you are doing with these precious moments TODAY is creating your tomorrow. How you spend today is the greatest measure of who you are becoming, and the life you will be living. My question to you is: what will YOU do today to become the person you need to be to create the extraordinary life you deserve? — Hal Elrod

You must establish and maintain the beliefs that you are ... capable, committed and destined to achieve your goals. — Hal Elrod

Everyday when you wake up, create the intention and then commit to making it your best day ever. Seriously. Do it. — Hal Elrod

Anything you want for life is available to you, the universe is just waiting for you to take the necessary action(s) before it gives you what you want. — Hal Elrod

Your entire life begins to change the day that you decide you will no longer accept mediocrity for yourself. When you decide that TODAY is the most important day of your life, and that NOW matters more than any other time, because it is who you're becoming in every moment, based on the choices you're making and the actions you're taking, that is determining who and where you are going to be for the rest of your life. — Hal Elrod

Most unsuccessful people let their fears and doubts have the final say in how they live their lives. — Hal Elrod

Love the life you have while you create the life of your dreams. Don't think you have to wait for the latter to do the former. — Hal Elrod

#HatersGonnaHate but thankfully #LoversGonnaLove. — Hal Elrod

Your level of success, in every area of your life, will always parallel your level of personal development. If you want Level 10 success in any area of your life, you must first develop yourself to be a Level 10 person in that area. — Hal Elrod

As a student of Tony Robbins, Matt had been using affirmations and incantations for years to create extraordinary levels of success. Owning five homes and one of the top network engineers in the country (all by age 25), I should have figured Matt knew what he was doing. After all, I was the one renting a room in his house. — Hal Elrod

Instead of complaining about how things should be, I embraced how things were. I stopped putting energy into wishing my life were any different - into wishing bad things didn't happen to me - and instead focused 100% on making the best of what I had. Since I — Hal Elrod

THE MIRACLE EQUATION: Unwavering Faith + Extraordinary Effort = Miracles. When you maintain unwavering faith in your dreams and give extraordinary effort toward your goals, that is how you create miracles in your life. — Hal Elrod

Be more grateful, and less worried. — Hal Elrod

No extraordinary result ever came from mediocre effort. — Hal Elrod

Most people start the day by checking email, texts, and social media. And most people struggle to be successful. It's not a coincidence. — Hal Elrod

Personal growth is about progress, not perfection. — Hal Elrod

I don't claim to be an expert on this, but I think ADD and creativity may be the same thing; it's just that they can't sell you drugs for being creative. Seriously, the world needs people whose minds constantly wander, because that's how great ideas are stumbled upon. — Hal Elrod

Habits are behaviors that are repeated regularly and tend to occur subconsciously. Whether you realize it or not, your life has been, and will continue to be, created by your habits. If you don't control your habits your habits will control you. — Hal Elrod

You are just as worthy, deserving, and capable of creating and sustaining extraordinary health, wealth, happiness, love, and success in your life, as any other person on earth. — Hal Elrod

More important than the time that you start your day is the mindset with which you start your day. — Hal Elrod

Every time you help someone else, not only are you helping that person, but you are helping every person they touch, AND you are helping yourself - because we are all ONE. — Hal Elrod

Robin Sharma: "One of the saddest things in life is to get to the end and look back in regret, knowing that you could have been, done, and had so much more. — Hal Elrod

It's true that everything happens for a reason, but it is always our responsibility to choose the reasons. — Hal Elrod

Let us not judge others, because we simply don't know that had we lived their life, we might be exactly the same. — Hal Elrod

Every result or goal you want to achieve is preceded by a process. The secret to success is to remain unconditionally committed to your (day-to-day) process without being emotionally attached to your (day-to-day) results. Be emotionally engaged, but not emotionally attached. — Hal Elrod

Say it over and over until you believe it, and only then shall you become it. — Hal Elrod

Human nature is to live with a "someday" mindset and think life will work itself out. How's that working out for everybody? — Hal Elrod

The #2 cause of mediocrity and unfulfilled potential is that 'most people' never dedicate time each day to learning, growing, and developing themselves into who they need to create the life they want. DON'T BE LIKE 'MOST PEOPLE.' — Hal Elrod

Sure, we all have problems and we all have our mess, and what happens tomorrow is anyone's guess, but there's no need and no benefit to let yourself stress, because for one and for all ... life is blessed! — Hal Elrod

Don't beat yourself up for not being perfect. But you might want to kick your own a## if you're not trying to get better. — Hal Elrod

I find that most of wake up day, not because we genuinely 'want' to, but because we have to. We have to be somewhere, do something, answer to or take care of someone. But when you shift your intention and create a genuine desire - event enthusiasm - for waking up in the morning, your entire life changes. — Hal Elrod

Remember that you are always exactly where you need to be, experiencing what you need to experience so that you can learn what you must learn in order to become the person you need to be to create everything you want for your life. Always. — Hal Elrod

The workshop is a fresh approach that helps employees increase their productivity while improving their happiness and attitude in the workplace. As you might guess, The Miracle Morning workshop is appropriately done in the morning, usually before the actual conference begins. — Hal Elrod

There is a big difference between just learning something, and actually LIVING what you learn. — Hal Elrod

Your entire life changes the day that you decide you will no longer accept mediocrity for yourself. — Hal Elrod

Being (who you need to be) and doing (what you need to do) are prerequisites for having what you want to have. — Hal Elrod

Focus on who you are becoming not what you are doing — Hal Elrod

Most people's strategy to achieve more is to do more. But when you focus on becoming more, you find that you can achieve more by doing less. — Hal Elrod

Establishing and maintaining clarity for yourself and what you want is the starting point for success. Thus, maintaining extraordinary clarity is necessary to achieve extraordinary success. The problem is that most people maintain a mediocre level of clarity, which inevitably leads to a mediocre level of success. — Hal Elrod

Until you're willing to accept what already is - the things of your past that you can't change - there's no space for you to create what you want. Acceptance is the key to unlocking the door to true peace, happiness, and freedom. — Hal Elrod

Each morning when you wake, and everyday for the rest of your life ... Expect the best of yourself, and accept the rest from yourself. — Hal Elrod

Where you are is a result of who you were, but where you go depends entirely on who you choose to be. — Hal Elrod

Consider that worrying excessively about another person, especially a loved one, is a destructive act. It causes you emotional distress which prevents you from being at your best and contributing at the levels you're capable of. Instead of worrying, focus on accepting what is out of your control, and actively changing all that you can. — Hal Elrod

Who you're becoming is far more important than what you're doing, and yet, it is what you're doing that is determining who you're becoming. — Hal Elrod

If you don't consciously design and choose your affirmations you are susceptible to repeating and reliving the fears, insecurities, and limitations of your past. — Hal Elrod

Focusing on getting the most out of every situation is stressful. Focusing on giving the most in every situation is liberating. — Hal Elrod

You can't change the past but you can change everything else. Take your first step toward making a significant change in your life, today. — Hal Elrod

When in doubt, always choose love & gratitude. — Hal Elrod

Don't 'just do it.' First, plan it, then do it. — Hal Elrod

Most of us are so busy trying to manage, maintain, or even just survive our life situation, that we don't make time to focus on what's most important - our LIFE. — Hal Elrod

The moment you accept responsibility for EVERYTHING in your life, is the moment you gain the power to change ANYTHING in your life. — Hal Elrod

Considering that our habits create our life, there is arguably no single skill that is more important for you to learn and master than controlling your habits. You must identify, implement, and maintain the habits necessary for creating the results you want in your life, while learning how to let go of any negative habits which are holding you back from achieving your true potential. — Hal Elrod

Who you become today will determine what you are capable of creating tomorrow. — Hal Elrod

Your level of success, will rarely exceed your level of personal development, because success is something you attract by the person you become," I stopped in my tracks. This one philosophy was going to change my entire life. — Hal Elrod

From that point on, having also added the belief that affirmations really work, not only did my memory continue to improve, but I created affirmations for every area of my life that I wanted to advance I began using affirmations to improve my health, finances, relationships, overall happiness, confidence, as well as any and all beliefs, mindsets and habits that needed an upgrade. Nothing was off limits. There are no limits! — Hal Elrod

If we're talking about brain performance, the best predictor of brain speed is aerobic capacity - how well you can run up a hill is very strongly correlated with brain speed and cognitive shifting ability, — Hal Elrod

The A-B-C's of Living Life's Purpose: A=Accept all things you can't change. B=Be Grateful for all that you have. C=Constantly create progress towards to your goals & dreams. — Hal Elrod

They say misery loves company, but so does mediocrity. Don't let the limiting beliefs of OTHERS limit what's possible for YOU. — Hal Elrod

It often takes catching a glimpse of how our life would be without something that's valuable to us for us to realize just how valuable it is. — Hal Elrod

Know that TODAY, and each and everyday literally becomes the BEST day of your life, when YOU choose to see that it is. It doesn't matter what's going on around you, it only matters what's going on inside of you. — Hal Elrod

If you're just snoozing every day until the last possible moment you have to head off to work, show up for school, or take care of your family, and then coming home and zoning out in front of the television until you go to bed (this used to be my daily routine), I've got to ask you: When are you going to develop yourself into the person you need to be to create the levels of health, wealth, happiness, success, and freedom that you truly want and deserve? When are you going to actually live your life instead of numbly going through the motions looking for every possible distraction to escape reality? What if your reality - your life - could finally be something that you can't wait to be conscious for? — Hal Elrod

Life is amazing. Even when it sucks, it is amazing, and we should be grateful for every moment. — Hal Elrod

I highly recommend re-reading good personal development books. Rarely can we read a book once and internalized all of the value from that book. Achieving mastery in any area requires repetition - being exposed to certain ideas, strategies, or techniques over and over again, until they become ingrained in your subconscious mind. — Hal Elrod

Watch out world, we're here to change ya! — Hal Elrod

Mediocrity has nothing to do with how you compare to other people; it's simply a result of not making the commitment to continuously learn, grow, and improve yourself. — Hal Elrod

It's okay to be average, as long as you surround yourself with extraordinary people that you become the average of. — Hal Elrod

to overcome mediocrity and live to our full potential. — Hal Elrod

Often when people feel tired - at any time of the day - what they really need is more water, not more sleep. — Hal Elrod

The average person lets their emotions dictate their actions, while achievers let their commitments dictate their actions. — Hal Elrod

If you don't make the commitment today to start becoming the person you need to be to create the extraordinary life you really want, what makes you think that tomorrow - or next week, or next month, or next year - is going to be any different? They won't. And that's why you must draw your line in the sand TODAY. — Hal Elrod

It is often said that everything happens for a reason, but you must embrace the perspective that it's never a reason that is predetermined or out of your control. It is always your responsibility to choose the most empowering reasons for the occurrences of your life. — Hal Elrod

Need nothing. Enjoy everything. Love all. — Hal Elrod

There is too much life to be lived for you to hit the snooze button. In fact, I believe it is 'seize the day', not 'snooze the day!' — Hal Elrod

For too many people, the extraordinary, fulfilling abundant life that they really want - our Level 10 life - eludes them because they're so overwhelmed and overrun with their day-to-day life situation. Their life situation is eating up all of their time so that their life, and what matters most, isn't getting attended to. — Hal Elrod

Forever be happy, never be content, and always know the difference. — Hal Elrod

Those who only do what they feel like, don't do much. To be successful at anything you must take action even when you don't feel like it, knowing it is the action itself that will produce the motivation you need to follow through. — Hal Elrod

Focus on becoming more to achieve more while doing less — Hal Elrod

How you wake up each day and your morning routine (or lack thereof) dramatically affects your levels of success in every single area of your life. Focused, productive, successful mornings generate focused, productive, successful days-which inevitably create a successful life-in the same way that unfocused, unproductive, and mediocre mornings generate unfocused, unproductive, and mediocre days, and ultimately a mediocre quality of life. By simply changing the way you wake up in the morning, you can transform any area of your life, faster than you ever thought possible. — Hal Elrod

If you could have anything you wanted, do anything you wanted, and be anything you wanted - what would you have? What would you do? What would you be? — Hal Elrod