Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern.Today's quote comes from Tony Robbins, who said:"People are not lazy, they simply have impotent goals."Impotent goals. That's a strong word. But it's accurate.Robbins is saying something controversial: laziness isn't real. What we call laziness is actually a response to goals that don't inspire action.Think about it. Have you ever been "lazy" about something you truly cared about? About something that genuinely excited you? About something meaningful?No. When the goal matters, you find energy. You make time. You take action.But when the goal is weak – when it doesn't connect to anything you actually care about – you procrastinate. You avoid it. You lack motivation.And then you call yourself lazy.But you're not lazy. Your goal is impotent. It lacks power. It doesn't move you.An impotent goal sounds like: "I should lose weight." "I ought to start a business." "I need to save money."Should. Ought. Need. Those are obligation words. Not inspiration words.A powerful goal sounds different: "I want to have the energy to play with my grandkids." "I'm building a business that solves a problem I'm obsessed with." "I'm saving money to take my family on the trip we've dreamed about for years."Same activities. Different goals. Completely different emotional pull.Robbins is telling us: if you're not taking action, don't blame yourself. Look at your goal. Is it powerful enough to move you? Or is it just something you think you "should" do?So here's the question: What goal are you calling yourself lazy about? And what would happen if you rewrote that goal to connect to something you actually care about?Because you're not lazy. You just need a goal powerful enough to move you.Make it powerful. And watch yourself move.That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern – I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern.Today's quote comes from Alexander Graham Bell, the inventor who gave us the telephone and revolutionized human communication.He said:"Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand. The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus."The sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus.Think about that. The sun is the most powerful force in our solar system. Incredibly powerful. Unimaginably hot.But spread across the sky? It just warms you up. It gives you a tan. It lights the day.Take that exact same power and bring it to a focus – through a magnifying glass – and suddenly it burns. It ignites. It creates fire from something that was already there.Nothing changed about the sun. The power was always there. What changed was the focus.Bell is telling us: you already have the power. The talent. The ability. The potential. It's already inside you.But without focus, that power just warms the room. It does a little of this, a little of that. It spreads itself thin across everything and ignites nothing.Bring that same power to a focus – concentrate all your thoughts on one thing – and suddenly you burn. You ignite. You create.Bell didn't invent the telephone by half-heartedly working on a dozen projects. He concentrated. He focused. He brought all of his mental power to a single point.And that focus turned his potential into one of the greatest inventions in history.The raw material was always there. The focus is what made it extraordinary.So here's the question: What are you spreading too thin right now? What would happen if you brought all your mental power to a single focus?Because the sun's rays are already powerful. They just need to be brought to a point.Concentrate. And watch yourself burn.That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern – I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.

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Today's quote comes from Buddha, who said:
"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."
Do not dwell. Do not dream. Concentrate.
Three directives. One target: the present moment.
Buddha understood something most people miss: the only moment where you have any power is right now. Not yesterday. Not tomorrow. Now.
When you dwell in the past, you're replaying something you can't change. You're giving your mental energy to moments that no longer exist.
When you dream of the future, you're imagining something that hasn't happened yet. You're spending your attention on possibilities instead of realities.
But when you concentrate on the present moment – this moment, right now – you're in the only place where action is possible. Where decisions happen. Where life actually occurs.
The past is a memory. The future is a prediction - an illusion really. The present is the only thing that's real.
Most people live everywhere except where they actually are. Their mind is in yesterday's argument or tomorrow's meeting. They're physically here but mentally somewhere else.
And they wonder why they feel powerless. Why they feel anxious. Why nothing changes.
Buddha's answer: because you're not actually present. You're dwelling or dreaming instead of concentrating on the only moment that matters.
This reminds me of something Dr. Benjamin Hardy writes about: we think the past determines the present and the present determines the future. How could it be otherwise... the events, circumstances and choices I've made created my present situation and what I do in the present shapes my future. Obviously - right?
But it's actually backwards.
It is true you can't change the past. Whether there was struggle, abuse, suffering. There is no way to go back in time and change anything. But in the present you can decide what those things mean. You decide how to perceive the past and it can hold you back or empower you forward. A failure becomes a lesson. A setback becomes a setup. Ok that makes sense but how is it possible that the future can determine your present.
Well, your future vision determines how you act in the present.
Here's what that means: when I decide what future I want, that decision changes what I do right now, in this present moment.
If my future vision is just more of the same boring stuff from the past, then how motivated will I be to take massive action in the present... not very. But if I have a compelling future to look forward to? If I set some impossible goals and believe that I can get there. Well that is a different story. If you have a compelling future you will be more motivated in the present.
Buddha's teaching us to concentrate on now. Hardy's showing us why: because the present moment is where you create a vision for the future and rewrite the meaning of the past.
All your power lives right here. Right now.
So here's the question: Where is your mind right now? Are you dwelling in the past? Dreaming of the future? Or are you actually here, in this moment, where your power lives?
Because this moment – right now – is the only place where anything can change. Whether you are changing the meaning of your past or creating a compelling future to make for yourself.
Concentrate on the here and now. Everything else follows.
That's it for today. I'm Andrew McGivern – I'll see you in the next one with another Daily Quote.