Introduction

• Safety Last!
• The Most Powerful Energy
• Fear Wants You to Run From Something That Isn’t After You
• Get Up One More Time Than You’ve Fallen
• Even Postage Stamps Become Useless When They Get Stuck on Themselves
• Climb Out of the Grandstand and Onto the Playing Field
• Your Best Friends Are Those Who Bring Out The Best in You
• Choice, Not Chance, Determines Destiny
• There Is No Future in the Past
• Procrastination Is the Fertilizer That Makes Difficulties Grow
• Stay Out of Your Own Way
• Smile — It Adds to Your Face Value
• There’s No Excuse for Being Full of Excuses
• Always Say Less Than You Know
• Paths Without Obstacles Don’t Lead Anywhere Important
• Persistence is a Habit — So is Quitting
• An Original Is Hard to Find but Easy to Recognize
• When God Is All You Have, Then He Is All You Need
• Are You Read?
• The Secret to Living Is Giving
• Your Problem Is Your Promotion
• When You Make Your Mark in Life, You Will Always Attract Erasers
• The Key to My Success Is Hidden in My Daily Routine, So Today I Will
• Continually Frustrate Tradition With Your Creativity and Imagination
• Do You Count Your Blessings, or Do Your Think Your Blessings Don’t Count?
• It’s As Important to Know What God Can’t Do, As to Know What He Can Do
• Winning Starts With Beginning
• Don’t Spend Your Life Standing At the Complaint Counter
• If You Pluck the Blossoms, You Must Do Without The Fruit
• Its What You Learn After You Know it all That Counts
• Pursuit Changes Everything
• Do More
• Do What Others Say Can’t Be Done
• Know Your Limits, Then Ignore Them!
• If The Shoe Fits, Don’t Wear It
• Expect Something from Nothing
• Broken Promises Cause the World’s Greatest Accidents
• Status Quo Latin For ‘The Mess We’re In’
• You Can’t Get Ahead When You’re Trying To Get Even
• It Envy Had A Shape, It Would Be A Boomerang
• Have
• Passion Is The Match For Your Fuse
• Impatience Is One Big ‘Get-Ahead-Ache’
• Adopt the Pace of God
• Keep Your Temper — Nobody Else Wants It
• The Man With Imagination Is Never Alone and Never Finished
• Versus
• Eagles Fly Alone; Crows Fly in Groups
• Start With What You Have; Don’t Wait On What You Don’t Have
• Ideas Go Away, Direction Stays
• Something Dominates Everyone’s Day
• Expect the Opposites
• Be
• Quickest Way to do Many Things is to do Only One Thing at a Time
• Say No to Many Good Ideas
• Would the Boy You Once Were Be Proud of the Man You Are?
• Be Driven by Excellence
• Go From
• Miracles Begin in the Heart
• Never Surrender Your Dream to Noisy Negatives
• Fear and Worry Are Like Interest Paid in Advance on Something You May Never Own
• One Action Is More Valuable Than a Thousand Good Intentions

John Mason is a highly regarded international speaker, minister, professional author coach and best-selling author. He is the founder and president of Insight International and Insight Publishing Group.

For more than twenty-five years, John Mason has inspired audiences around the world. Known for his quick wit, powerful thoughts and insightful ideas, he is a popular speaker across the U.S. and around the world.