Larry Winget Quotes & Sayings

If it's a good idea, do it today. Not tomorrow. A good idea rarely gets better over time. — Larry Winget

If life is no fun, it is because you are no fun. Your life is always a reflection of who you are ... Try this: Stop taking things, including yourself, so seriously. Life is not as complicated as you have made it out to be. — Larry Winget

There are four basic emotions - mad, sad, glad and scared. And if you touch those emotions then you can grab your audience, your reader. — Larry Winget

What you think about, talk about, and get off your ass and do something about, comes about. — Larry Winget

When I'm writing a book - say I'm going to write a parenting book. I'll go out and buy the 100 top parenting books and I will read those, not so I can copy them for sure. — Larry Winget

Do what you said you would do, when you said you would do it, the way you said you would do it. — Larry Winget

Everything has a price, including both success and failure. Choose either one and be prepared to pay the price. — Larry Winget

Everything in your life gets better when you get better, and nothing is ever going to get better until you get better. — Larry Winget

What it takes that most people aren't willing to give is work. Hard work. Work on yourself, work on your life, and working while you are at work. — Larry Winget

Larry's short list for doing better: Stop complaining about your results. (No one really cares, anyway.) Whining about the problem only prolongs the problem. Take a realistic look at your results and think about what you have done or not done in the past that contributed to them. Go to the closest mirror, look yourself in the eye, and say, "This is all my fault." Take responsibility. Do a reality check and admit that change has been going on for a good long while and you survived. You will survive this, too. Make a list of what you are going to do differently in the future to change your results. Doing better is the result of deciding to do better and then taking action on that decision. Get — Larry Winget

Don't be different. Different scares people. People won't spend their money on different. They will, however, pay a premium for unique. — Larry Winget

That's your problem! No list. We are going to fix that now. Make a list of what is important to you. Write down everything that really matters to you. — Larry Winget

If you are a good person who does good things when you have only a little, then you will be a good person who does even more good things when you have a lot. — Larry Winget

There are two things you will never be without: One is your reputation and the other is your credit rating. — Larry Winget

I have people who buy my books just so they can sit them around and show them off because of the titles, especially the Shut Up, Stop Whining and the Grow a Pair. So the title is very, very important. — Larry Winget

Your thoughts, your words, and your actions created the life you are living. You create your results - no one else. — Larry Winget

Get in control. Live your life the way you want to live it. Don't have the money to do that? Remind yourself that your condition is your own damn fault and then commit and constantly recommit yourself to having the money to live any way you want to live. — Larry Winget

You are not paid to work hard. In fact, you are not paid for effort at all. You are paid for results. It's not what you do; it's what you get done. — Larry Winget

Be the kind of person others admire, can count on, trust, and enjoy spending time with. After you have developed that reputation, people will start to ask you what you do and you will be amazed at how many people will want to work with you. You will attract others based on your character. — Larry Winget

Anger can be a very healthy emotion when used to motivate yourself into positive action. Get angry and fight back. Yep, I said fight. You are in a battle. You need to steel your confidence with anger. Be angry that you messed up. Be angry that you didn't keep your word. Get mad at yourself for all your mistakes. Get sad, get mad, and then get on with it. — Larry Winget

No one ever wrote down a plan to be fat, broke, stupid, lazy, unhappy, and mediocre. Those are the things that happen to you when you don't have a plan. — Larry Winget

It is a solid business principle that people who enjoy what they do are better at what they do. — Larry Winget

Go to your checkbook and see what you spend money on. In an instant, you will know what is important to you because your money goes toward it. — Larry Winget

I have discovered there are only a handful of good ideas in the whole world. You already know them. You have heard them your entire life. Here are some of the main keys to being more successful:
Take personal responsibility.
Things change, so be flexible.
Work smart and work hard.
Serve others well.
Be nice to others.
Be optimistic.
Have goals; want something big for yourself.
Stay focused.
Keep learning.
Become excellent at what you do.
Trust your gut.
When in doubt, take action.
Earn all you can. Save all you can. Give all you can.
Enjoy all you've got.
Above all keep it simple. — Larry Winget

I think shorter books are going to become more and more of the trend. So I don't think you have to write big, big, long books. — Larry Winget

Clean up your own backyard. Change by example. Just be
the way you want others to be and hope they pay attention. — Larry Winget

No matter what I'm talking about, I can involve you into the story where you think it's you doing it. You're living it. I can remind you of things that went on in your life so you go, man I had that happen to me. I've been there. I've done that. — Larry Winget

I think you have to read a lot. I think if you're going to write about something you better have read at least 100 books on that topic. — Larry Winget

Most of the stats say that 90% of people who buy a book or check one out of a library would never get past the first chapter. To me, the title better say everything there is to say about the book. — Larry Winget

Be authentic. Don't try to be someone you aren't. You'll hate yourself for it & the effort to maintain the facade will exhaust you. BE REAL! Many won't like the real you but that's better than having people adore the person that isn't you at all — Larry Winget

I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read. — Larry Winget

Success comes from what you do, not from what you say you are going to do. — Larry Winget

The right thing to do usually comes straight from your gut. When you work fast, you tend to work more from the gut, because your mind simply doesn't have as much time to justify an easier way to do things. — Larry Winget

Work faster, smarter and harder — Larry Winget

Dreams don't come true. Plans come true! — Larry Winget

A disorganized workspace means disorganized work habits. A sloppy work environment equals sloppy results. — Larry Winget

If you're not booked, you're not any good! — Larry Winget

I have done the merry-go-round and I have ridden the roller-coaster. I have made my choice. I choose the roller-coaster. There is more risk when you choose the roller-coaster, but at least you will know you have lived. — Larry Winget

People hate the truth.
Luckily, the truth does not care. — Larry Winget

All talk is just that: talk. All the words written on these pages are just that: words. If you want things to get better, take action. Don't just talk about it. Don't just read and think about it. Do it. — Larry Winget

And most importantly, ask more from yourself! This is the real key. Ask what you can do to help. Ask what you have to offer. Ask what you can contribute. Ask how you can serve. Ask yourself how you can do more. Ask your spouse how you could be more helpful, loving or kind. — Larry Winget

I write titles that are confrontational. I write titles that make people want to pick up a book and find out more about it. I write good books; I write great titles though. — Larry Winget

Businesses get better only when the people in the business get better. — Larry Winget

I have discovered that enemies will buy your books as much as your fans buy your books because they're looking for something new to hate you for. — Larry Winget

I've been very fortunate at having good titles but I just think in terms of titles. I'm doing a workshop now where people write books and they come and I name their books for them. I'm good with titles. — Larry Winget

Be confident. There is no one who is not attracted to confidence. Women dig it. Men love it. Confidence adds hair, drops ten pounds, and takes off ten years. — Larry Winget

If you're selling information - and I have a lot of friends who write a lot of bestselling books and they're selling information. They don't need to have a picture on the cover at all because they are not important. They're secondary to their information. To me, the information is secondary to me. — Larry Winget

Find a problem that you can provide a solution to. — Larry Winget

Few people will turn to themselves to take responsibility for their results until they have exhausted all opportunities to blame someone else. — Larry Winget

Age-old question: Is the glass half empty or half full? Answer: Who cares? Does it really matter whether the glass is half full or half empty? The issue is whether it quenches your thirst. — Larry Winget

The fact that you don't have any money is a result of all your other problems. You have thinking problems. Attitude problems. Self-esteem problems. You are lazy. You lack discipline. You lack goals. Your priorities are out of whack.
Your biggest problem is not in your wallet or your bank account. Your biggest problem is between your ears. You will fix your money problems when you fix your other problems. — Larry Winget

Work hard on your job and work harder on yourself — Larry Winget

The title's more important than the book. — Larry Winget

I'm not so good at just throwing out facts and figures and education and all that. I tell stories to captivate, that give people ... that touch people emotionally. — Larry Winget

Branding is nothing but knowing who you are and what you do that makes you stand out from everyone else, then communicating that through your marketing efforts. Branding is discovering your uniqueness and learning to exploit it. — Larry Winget

I looked at the fact that people were in such financial trouble I said well people are broke because they want to be. — Larry Winget

Discover your uniqueness and learn to exploit it in the service of others, and you are guaranteed success, happiness, and prosperity. — Larry Winget

Your time, energy, and money always go to what's important to you. — Larry Winget

Stress comes from knowing what is right and doing what is wrong — Larry Winget

Learn what you are good at and exploit it in service to others. — Larry Winget

Be the person others can count on to get things done — Larry Winget

I look at what's going on in our society and what's pissing me off at the moment and I just get my basic gut reaction to that and that gut reaction usually becomes the title of the book. — Larry Winget

You can't have a bully without a victim. — Larry Winget

I think it's easy to get a book in a bookstore. I think it's just damn near impossible to get a book out of a bookstore. — Larry Winget

Never build yourself up by tearing another down. — Larry Winget

I understand what my brand is. My brand is not my information. My brand is me and what I say is secondary to who I am. — Larry Winget

Nobody ever wrote down a plan to be broke, fat, lazy, or stupid. Those things are what happen when you don't have a plan. — Larry Winget

You can't write a book and just expect it to sell itself, you know. We're not building that better mousetrap and waiting for the world to beat a path to our dear. You've got to build a market for your book. — Larry Winget

Abandoning who people think you are and becoming who you really are is a simple concept, but sometimes it is very hard to do. It isn't easy to give up others' ideas of who you are. Yet the key to success is to discover your uniqueness and to exploit it. Your authentic persona, either personal or corporate, is the key to your prosperity. — Larry Winget

It seems to me most people make the mistake of never building a following where they are considered a resource to their fan base so when they do release the book there will be somebody there to buy it. — Larry Winget

The premise, to me, is the most important thing that you have to know going in. It's the problem as you see it. So I write down the problem as I see it. That is the premise for my book. — Larry Winget

Don't measure busywork. Don't measure activity. Measure accomplishment. It doesn't matter what people do as much as it matters what they get done. — Larry Winget

My brand was always going to be based on my personality. I didn't want people hiring me for what I said. I wanted them hiring me for who I am. — Larry Winget

Do what you say you are going to do, when you say you are going to do it, in the way you said you were going to do it. — Larry Winget

I've read over 4,000 books in the last 20+ years. I don't know anybody who's read more books than I have. I read all the time. I read very, very fast. People say, "Larry, it's statistically impossible for you to have read that many books." — Larry Winget

Growing a pair is a state of mind, an attitude, and a way of thinking. It's about giving up being a victim and taking control of your life at every level. It is the willingness to do the right thing even when everyone else is doing the wrong thing. — Larry Winget

If you don't have much going wrong in your life, then you don't have much going on in your life. — Larry Winget

Reward the behavior you want repeated. — Larry Winget

As your employer, if I see that you have to work hard to get your results, yet your coworkers achieve their results with little effort, don't be surprised if I'm not all that impressed with your hard work. — Larry Winget

When you miss the target, never in history has it been the target's fault. Ya gotta take responsibility! — Larry Winget

Don't educate people; touch them emotionally. Remember that people want to be scared or they want to be made happy or they want to be made sad. — Larry Winget

The constant need to make everyone else happy at the cost of your own happiness will destroy you. — Larry Winget

Make yourself happy and surround yourself with people who are cool with that. — Larry Winget

I've been very, very successful at building probably the most recognizable, physically recognizable brand in personal development. — Larry Winget

The world, and therefore the workplace, is full of idiots. And the reality of life is that when you get rid of one idiot, another will show up to take his place. It's the curse of humanity. — Larry Winget

I think everything in your life's your own damn fault and that's my simple philosophy in that, and I think you're broke because you want to be just like you're fat because you want to be or stupid because you want to be or unemployed, it must be because you want to be. Otherwise, it'd be different. — Larry Winget

People don't give a damn about you and they don't give a damn about your story and they don't give a damn about your content. They only give a damn that you, your content, your story can bring value to them. — Larry Winget

You have to move beyond that vision of the way your life has always looked and begin to picture your life as you want it to look. — Larry Winget

You can't step up to the next level as long as you keep one foot on the lower level. — Larry Winget

Every single person on the planet is rewarded for one thing and one thing only, and that is for serving other people. The more you serve others, the higher your reward. — Larry Winget

I think it's more helpful to keep your books sort of a singular focus. Get it said, get it said well, fascinate people with your words and then write another book. — Larry Winget