Henry Ford: Founder, Ford Motor Company

"It has been my observation that most people get ahead during the time that others waste."

We all have an even playing field: 365 days, 7 days a week, 24 hours a day. That’s what we all have to work with. Yet some maximize that time, while others simply squander it. Effective communication is one tool that can help you to get ahead and stay ahead, while others waste their time. The principles in the program The Best-Kept Secrets of Great Communicators march you step by step toward effective communication – opening the more sought-after doors both personally and professionally.

Plato: Ancient Greek philosopher & mathematician; Founder, Athens Academy

"You can discover more about a person in an hour of lay than in a year of conversation."

While most people are talking about how fast they ran the last lap, the successful person is running another lap. While most people are talking about where they are going for lunch, the successful person works through lunch. While most people are talking about who they are, what they've done, and how they've done it, the successful person betters the world around him or her by bettering himself or herself. Dr. Tom Morris aligns the actions of the world's most successful people with yours.

Napoleon Hill: Author, Think and Grow Rich

"Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure."

Never give up. Thomas Edison was awarded nearly 1,400 separate and distinct patents throughout his accomplished life. But what you don’t hear about is the countless failures, miscues, and errors that took place before each one of his inventions. In your life, you may need to trudge through a few failures before you see the light at the end of the tunnel. Discover more of Napoleon Hill’s wisdom and how you can reach the successes you’ve always wanted in his timeless, classic program Think and Grow Rich. By listening to this audio program, you’ll not only learn from it, it will become a part of who you are.

Rosalynn Carter: Former First Lady and author

"You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that you've tried. If you don't accept failure as a possibility, you don't set high goals, you don't branch out, you don't try – you don't take the risk."

How high are your goals? Just out of arm's length? Or further? Throughout his life, Jimmy Carter was told by his peers that his goals were unattainable. Becoming president of the United States is perhaps the loftiest goal for a human being. But he did it, never settling for a lesser goal. Keep that in mind when you put pencil to paper and create your goals. Tony Alessandra can help you to define your goals, beginning with a quality that will help open new doors.

Og Mandino: Author, The Greatest Salesman in the World.

"The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of setting goals and achieving them. Even the most tedious chore will become endurable as you parade through each day convinced that every task, no matter how menial or boring, brings you closer to fulfilling your dreams."

What’s on your agenda for the day? Is it just a hodge-podge of to-do lists, meetings, and activities? Or will the completion of your day bring you one step closer to accomplishing your goals for the day, week, month, or year? Think about it. We’re all busy. But are you busy taking the necessary steps to finally achieving your lifelong dreams? Brian Tracy can help. His audio program The Psychology of Achievement is perhaps one of the best programs on achievement and success.

Brian Tracy: Pre-eminent sales and entrepreneurship expert.

"When you develop yourself to the point where your belief in yourself is so strong that you know you can accomplish anything you put your mind to, your future will be unlimited."

That’s a pretty powerful quote. Read it again. First you train your brain – believe in yourself – and the rest will follow. Brian Tracy’s Ultimate Goals audio program does just that. Its straightforward, inspirational message will resonate with you every time you listen to it.

Tom Blandi : 1907 French Literary Theorist Author

"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working 24 hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."

Mother Teresa : Roman Catholic nun who founded Missionaries of Charity

"The first step to becoming is to will it."

Jack Welch: Former General Electric chairman and CEO.

"Genuine leadership comes from the quality of your vision and your ability to spark others to extraordinary performance."

Throughout his tenure at GE and, really, throughout his life, Jack Welch has demonstrated leadership to the utmost degree. His quote reminds us that leadership is less about what you do as a leader and more about how you lead others to their own absolute greatness. You hear about coaches who get 110 percent effort out of their players or about managers who inspire their employees to accomplish seemingly impossible feats. Through The Dale Carnegie Leadership Mastery Course, you’ll discover exactly what Jack Welch meant in his quote.

Jean Nidetch: Founder and Consultant, Weight Watchers International, Inc.

"It's choice - not chance - that determines your destiny."

Have you ever walked into your boss’s office on annual review and mumbled under your breath, “I hope I get a good pay raise?” If you have, chances are you weren’t shocked afterwards when you didn’t get it. The reason? You were leaving something as important as your income to chance. Instead, why not choose to get the pay raise that you deserve? Choose to be the most indispensable employee in your company. Choose to make yourself so valuable that your boss has no choice but to give you everything you deserve and more. As Nick Hall observes, only then will your destiny be determined.

Norman Vincent Peale: Author, The Power of Positive Thinking.

"People become really quite remarkable when they start thinking that they can do things. When they believe in themselves, they have the first secret of success."

Try this experiment. On a basketball court, shoot 50 free-throw shots. Or on a golf course, putt 50 times on the green. Now, before you shoot or putt the first 25, say out loud, "I will miss this shot." For the next 25, say out loud, "I will make this shot." Odds are that your positive-reinforced second group of shots will prove much more successful than your first. That's just a taste of what Tony Robbins' inspiration and direction will teach you in The Power to Shape Your Destiny. Don't sit around waiting for your life to become extraordinary, make it that way yourself.

Earl Nightingale: Author, The Strangest Secret, Lead the Field.

"People with goals succeed because they know where they're going."

Imagine hitting the open road without a map to reveal where you’re going. It’s the same with trying to succeed without explicit goals established. But once you take the time to write down your goals and action steps to obtaining those goals, you’re more likely to find the professional and personal successes for which you strive. Now, during your daily commute, you can use the audio program Lead the Field to map your own course for positive changes throughout your personal and professional life.

Sydney Smith: Early 19th-century writer and clergyman.

"Be what nature intended you for and you will succeed."

There’s nothing magical about a mirror. A simple thin layer of aluminum placed on a sheet of glass that is back-silvered. Yet when people look in this device, they tend to see entirely different things—the perspectives are all unique. Some thin people see themselves as overweight when using this device. Some attractive people see themselves as homely. But if you can take the mirror’s true reflections—your strengths, your positive attitude, your inner beauty, and your happiness—you’ll live a much more fulfilling life. Dr. Maxwell Maltz teaches you how to adjust your own mirror to see and present the best you every day.

Nelson Mandela: Anti-apartheid activist and former president of South Africa.

"One of the most difficult things is not to change society - but to change yourself."

Imprisoned for 27 years and enduring the rigors of battling apartheid, Nelson Mandela was able to change the world as we know it. However, changing who he is was even more difficult. Most of us will never face the struggles that Nelson Mandela endured, but we all have our own habits, problems, and excuses. Nick Hall can help you to face your dilemmas and excuses and to free yourself from them much like Nelson Mandela was finally freed from prison.

Gregg Braden: Spiritual philosopher of ancient and indigenous traditions.

"Beyond any reasonable doubt, we each share the
ancient name of God in our bodies in the most intimate way imaginable. Each fiber of muscle, each crystal of bone the tears that we shed — all are God."

We all struggle with how to most aptly live for God, communicate to God, and demonstrate our love for God. Gregg Braden reveals new truths about how to live for God. He reveals, "Within this simple yet powerful realization lives the thread of our unity and the key to our survival. . . . Whatever fate befalls one community, people, or nation is possible for all others as well. It will require every ounce of our collective wisdom, our passion to preserve life, and the strength that can only come from our diversity for us to become more than our tests."