Short motivational e-book filled with inspiration for all the business owners, entrepreneurs and dream chasers out there. Full of advice, inspiration, and quotes from the greatest thought leaders in sport, business, the military, and philosophy.

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31
DAYS OF
INSPIRATION
MOTIVATION,
PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT,
AND PRACTICAL ADVICE
Packed with over 50 quotes & insights from thought leaders in
Business, Philosophy, Sport, The Military and Life.
#1 MUST HAVE NEW E-BOOK TO TACKLE THE NEWYEAR
KevinO Leary V I S U A L M A R K E T I N G

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I created this book to provide motivation and inspiration for
people throughout their life. The book is composed of 31
pages of quotes from some of the most inspiring thought
leaders in their fields. Each page is designed to represent a
day in the month accompanied with useful quotes enabling
you to use this book as a source of inspiration for each day
in the rest of your life.
The book is broken into 5 chapters with inspiring and
insightful advice contained in each section.
I urge you to use these insights as a guide to help you fulfill
your potential and achieve the life of your dreams.
Kevin O’ Leary
BXT VISUAL MARKETING
INTRODUCTION

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SPORTING SUCCESS
BUSINESS ADVICE
T ABLE OF CONTENTS
PHILOSOPHY
MILITARY STRATEGY
PERSONAL GROWTH
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Very little is needed to make a
happy life; it is all within yourself,
in your way of thinking.
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MARCUS AURELIUS

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ADVICE FOR
BUSINESS

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No matter how great the
talents or efforts, some
things just take time.
You can’t produce a baby
in 1 month by getting 9
women pregnant.
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BE PATIENT
— WARREN BUFFETT
DAY
1

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Don’t worry about
people stealing your
design work.Worry
about the day they
stop.
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PRODUCE GREAT WORK
JEFFREY ZELDMAN —
DAY
2

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BE HUMBLE
“ The most dangerous poison is the
feeling of achievement. The antidote is
to every evening think what can be done
better tomorrow.”
— INGVAR KAMPRAD
“ The only thing more dangerous than
ignorance is arrogance.”
— ALBERT EINSTEIN
“ It’s about having the humility. It’s about
not saying no. Even when you’ve made it.
You’re never too big.”
— GARY VAYNERCHUK
The X-factor of
great leadership is
not personality, it
is humility.
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— ALBERT EINSTEIN
DAY
3

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EMBRACE FAILURE
“ The only thing worse than starting
something and failing… is not starting
something.”
— SETH GODIN
“ When I’m old and dying, I plan to look
back on my life and say ‘wow, that was
an adventure,’ not ‘wow, I sure felt safe.”
— TOM PRESTON-WERNER
“Fearlessness is like a muscle. I know
from my own life that the more I exercise
it the more natural it becomes to not let
my fears run me.”
Fail often so
you can succeed
sooner.
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— TOM KELLEY
— ARIANNA HUFFINGTON
DAY
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DO YOUR BEST
What do you need to start a business?Three simple
things: know your product better than anyone. Know your
customer, and have a burning desire to succeed.
“ —DAVE THOMAS
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DAY
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WORK HARD
If people knew how hard I had to work to gain my mastery,
it would not seem so wonderful at all.
“ —MICHELANGELO
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DAY
6

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PHILOSOPHY
FOR LIFE

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“It is impossible for a man to learn
what he thinks he already knows
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EPICTETUS
BE A STUDENT DAY
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Strong minds discuss ideas, average
minds discuss events, weak minds
discuss people.
By three methods we may learn
wisdom: First, by reflection, which is
noblest; Second, by imitation, which
is easiest; and third by experience,
which is the bitterest.
Those who know do not speak.Those
who speak do not know.
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— SOCRATES
— CONFUCIUS
— LAO TZU
TALK LESS, LISTEN & DO MORE DAY
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What man actually needs is not
a tensionless state but rather the
striving and struggling for some goal
worthy of him.
Do the difficult things while they
are easy and do the great things
while they are small. A journey of a
thousand miles must begin with a
single step.
We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act, but a
habit.
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— VIKTOR FRANKL
— LAOZI
— ARISTOTLE
ACHIEVE YOUR POTENTIAL DAY
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“
A leader is best when people
barely know he exists… Of a
good leader, who talks little,
When his work is done, his aim
fulfilled,They will say, “We did this
ourselves.
The brave man is he who
overcomes not only his enemies
but his pleasures.
If it is not right, do not do it, if it is
not true, do not say it.
He who fights with monsters
might take care lest he thereby
become a monster. And if you
gaze for long into an abyss, the
abyss gazes also into you.
1 2
3 4 FREDERICK NIETSCHEMARCUS AURELIUS
LAO TZU
DEMOCRITUS
LEAD BY EXAMPLE DAY
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“You don’t develop courage by
being happy in your relationships
every day.You develop it by
surviving difficult times and
challenging adversity.
When the debate is lost, slander
becomes the tool of the loser.
Difficulties strengthen the mind,
as labor does the body.
To live is to suffer, to survive
is to find some meaning in the
suffering.
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3 4 FREDERICK NIETSCHESENECA
EPICURUS
SOCRATES
SUFFER THROUGH ADVERSITY DAY
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“If you are pained by any
external thing, it is not this
thing that disturbs you, but
your own judgement about it.
And it is in your power to wipe
out this judgement now.
MARCUS AURELIUS
DON’T BE JUDGEMENTAL
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DAY
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“Floods will rob us of one thing, fire of
another. These are conditions of our
existence which we cannot change. What
we can do is adopt a noble spirit, such
a spirit as befits a good person, so that
we may bear up bravely under all that
fortune sends us and bring our wills into
tune with nature’s.
SENECA
SHIT HAPPENS, HANDLE IT
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DAY
13

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MILITARY
MINDSET

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Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand
battles, a thousand victories. If you know
the enemy and know yourself you need not
fear the results of a hundred battles.
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— SUN TZU
KNOW YOURSELF DAY
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NICOLO
MACHIAVELLI
DENG
MING-DAO
I’m not interested
in preserving the
status quo; I want to
overthrow it.
Some Warriors look
fierce, but are mild.
Some seem timid,
but are vicious.
Look beyond
appearances;
position yourself for
the advantage.
LEAVE YOUR MARK DAY
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TSUKAHARA
BOKUDEN
“... A strong character
is one that will not
be unbalanced by
the most powerful
emotions.
Mental bearing
(calmness), not
skill, is the sign of a
matured samurai. A
Samurai therefore
should neither
be pompous nor
arrogant.
STAY CALM UNDER PRESSURE
CARL VON
CLAUSEWITZ
DAY
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HAVE A STRATEGY
All warfare is based on deception. Hence, when we are
able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our
forces, we must appear inactive; when we are near, we
must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far
away, we must make him believe we are near.
In preparing for battle I have always found that plans are
useless, but planning is indispensable
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SUN TZU
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
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DAY
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SUPPORT YOUR TEAM
SEALs…fight in teams, only in teams, each man relying
entirely on the others to do exactly the right thing.That’s
how we do it, fighting as one in a team of four or maybe
even 10 or even 20, but always as one unit, one mind, one
strategy.We are, instinctively, always backing up, always
covering, always moving to plug the gap or pave the way.
That’s what makes us great.
Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And
they will follow you into the deepest valley.
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NAVY SEAL,
MARCUS LUTTRELL
SUN TZU
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DAY
18

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A wise man gets more use from
his enemies than a fool from his
friends.
BALTASAR GRACIÁN
LEARN FROM YOUR ENEMIES DAY
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Perception is strong and sight
weak. In strategy it is important to
see distant things as if they were
close and to take a distanced view
of close things.
MIYAMOTO MUSASHI
KEEP PERSPECTIVE DAY
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SPORTING
SUCCESS

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“Gold medals aren’t really
made of gold. They’re made of
sweat, determination, and a
hard-to-find alloy called guts.”
DAN GABLE
HARD WORK BEATS TALENT
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DAY
21

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STUDY YOUR CRAFT
I am in the fighting game. I don’t care about anything else. I
don’t watch the news, I don’t care about politics, I don’t care
about other sports. I don’t care about anything I don’t need
to care about. This is my sport: it is my life. I study it; I think
about it all the time. Nothing else matters.“ CONOR MC GREGOR
VENUS WILLIAMS MICHELLE KWAN
My motto has always been that
you can’t say, ‘Oh, it won’t happen
to me.’ You have to say, ‘That can
happen to me.’ So always be aware
that things can happen.
You can always say, ‘I wish I had
landed that triple flip better, or
I wish I didn’t fall.’ They’re not
regrets, just mistakes.
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THERE’S NO “I” IN “TEAM”
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You
may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world,
but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a
dime.
“ BABE RUTH
PEYTON MANNING PHIL JACKSON
The most valuable player is the
one that makes the most players
valuable.
Always keep an open mind and a
compassionate heart.
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DAY
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CHALLENGE YOURSELF
Obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn
around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or
work around it.
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— MICHAEL JORDAN
DAY
24

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BE PRESENT
A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey
player plays where the puck is going to be.
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— WAYNE GRETZKY
DAY
25

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REMOVE BARRIERS & DOUBTS
Disability is a matter of
perception. If you can do
just one thing well, you’re
needed by someone.
Boos don’t block dunks.
People say to me all the
time, “You have no fear.”
I tell them “no that’s not
true. I’m scared all the time.
You have to have fear in
order to have courage. I’m a
courageous person because
I’m a scared person.
Never let the fear of
striking out get in your way.
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MARTINA NAVRATILOVA
KOBE BRYANT
RONDA ROUSEY
BABE RUTH
DAY
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HAVE CONFIDENCE
A lot of football success
is in the mind. You must
believe you are the best
and then make sure that
you are.
Winning is a habit. Watch
your thoughts, they become
your beliefs. Watch your
beliefs, they become your
words. Watch your words,
they become your actions.
Watch your actions, they
become your habits. Watch
your habits, they become
your character.
To excel at the highest
level you need to believe
in yourself, and hands
down, one of the biggest
contributors to my self-
confidence has been
private coaching.
Some people say I have
attitude – maybe I do…but I
think you have to. You have
to believe in yourself when
no one else does – that
makes you a winner right
there.
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BILL SHANKLEY
VINCE LOMBARDI
STEPHEN CURRY
VENUS WILLIAMS
DAY
27

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PERSONAL
GROWTH

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T W E N T Y Y E A R S F R O M N O W Y O U W I L L
B E M O R E D I S A P P O I N T E D B Y T H E T H I N G S
T H A T Y O U D I D N ’ T D O T H A N B Y T H E
O N E S Y O U D I D D O . S O T H R O W O F F T H E
B O W L I N E S . S A I L A W A Y F R O M T H E S A F E
H A R B O U R . C A T C H T H E T R A D E W I N D S I N
Y O U R S A I L S . E X P L O R E . D R E A M . D I S C O V E R .
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— MARK TWAIN
LEAVE YOUR COMFORT ZONE
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EVOLVE OR DIE
I want to grow. I want to
be better. You Grow. We
all grow. We’re made to
grow. You either evolve or
you disappear.
What we fear of doing
most is usually what we
most need to do.
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TUPAC SHAKUR
RALPH WALDO EMERSON
DAY
29

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ADAPT AND CHANGE
Every success story is a
tale of constant adaption,
revision and change.
We could never learn to
be brave and patient if
there were only joy in
the world.
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RICHARD BRANSON
HELEN KELLER
DAY
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GROW AND SUCCEED
Growth is the great separator
between those who succeed and
those who do not. When I see
a person beginning to separate
themselves from the pack, it’s almost
always due to personal growth.
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JOHN C. MAXWELL
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