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Welcome to The Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Rudyard Kipling , from his famous work "The Jungle Book." He wrote: "For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack." Read that again. It works both ways. The pack is only as strong as each individual wolf. And each wolf is only as strong as the pack supporting...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote is attributed to Bill W ., co-founder of Alcoholics Anonymous, who said: "All progress starts by telling the truth." Five words. One requirement for change. Bill W. understood something fundamental: you cannot fix what you won't acknowledge. The first step in AA is admitting you have a problem. Not explaining it....

Welcome to The Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Shakuntala Devi , an Indian mathematician known as "The Human Computer." She could multiply two 13-digit numbers in her head in 28 seconds – faster than a computer. She earned a place in the Guinness Book of World Records and amazed audiences worldwide with her mental calculation abilities. She said: &quot...

Welcome to The Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Dale Carnegie , author of the classic "How to Win Friends and Influence People." He said: "Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy." Two equations here. Pay attention. Inaction equal...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Arnold Palmer , legendary golfer and seven-time major champion. He once said: "The more I practice, the luckier I get." Five words that destroy the myth of luck. People looked at Arnold Palmer and saw a lucky man. Lucky shots. Lucky breaks. Lucky wins. Palmer looked at the same results and saw something co...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from C. Northcote Parkinson, a British Naval historian who studied how organizations work. In his 1957 book "Parkinson's Law," he described what he called the Law of Triviality: "The time spent on any item of the agenda will be in inverse proportion to the sum involved." What does that mean? Inver...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Venus Williams , seven-time Grand Slam tennis champion and one of the greatest athletes of all time. She once said: "I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest." Think about what Venus is saying here. She's not pretending obstacles don't exist. Sh...

Welcome to The Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Francis of Assisi, who said:"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."This is the blueprint for achieving impossible goals. Three steps. First: do what's necessary. Not what's exciting. Not what's impressive. What's necessa...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Charles Richards , who said: "Don't be fooled by the calendar. There are only as many days in the year as you make use of. One man gets only a week's value out of a year while another man gets a full year's value out of a week." Read that again. There are only as many days in the year as you ma...

Welcome to The Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Yogi Berra .For those who don't know, Yogi was a legendary baseball player and Hall of Fame catcher for the New York Yankees. But he's equally famous for his quirky, paradoxical sayings that sound silly at first but reveal deep truths. This is one of his best: "If you don't know where you're goi...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Pablo Picasso , who said: "Our goals can only be reached through a vehicle of a plan, in which we must fervently believe, and upon which we must vigorously act. There is no other route to success." Let's break this down. Three ingredients for achieving goals. First: a plan. Not a wish. Not a hope. A pl...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern and lets jump right in to today's quote from Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson , who once said: "Success isn't always about greatness. It's about consistency. Consistent hard work leads to success. Greatness will come." Think about that. Success isn't alway...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from James Clear , author of Atomic Habits, who said: "You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems." You fall to the level of your systems. Not your goals. Your systems. Everyone has goals. Every athlete wants to win. Every entrepreneur wants to succeed. Every person wants...

Welcome to The Daily Quote – the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern and lets jump right in. Today's quote comes from Napoleon Hill, who said:"Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle."Let that sink in. Growth is only through effort and struggle. Not through ease. Not through comfort. Not through getting what y...

Welcome to The Daily Quote – I'm Andrew McGivern. Today's quote comes from Tony Robbins , who said: "The path to success is to take massive, determined action." Massive. Determined. Action. Three words that separate dreamers from achievers. Notice what Robbins didn't say. He didn't say "take perfect action." He didn't say "wait until you're ready.&q...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – the podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm your host Andrew McGivern and lets dive in to the quote of the day. Today's quote comes from Zig Ziglar , who once said: "What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals." Think about that for a second. We spend so much time focused on...

Welcome to The Daily Quote, I'm your host Andrew McGivern bringing you the show designed to kickstart your day in a positive way..Today's quote comes from the poet Rainer Maria Rilke , who once said: "And now we welcome the new year. Full of things that have never been." Think about that for a second. Full of things that have never been. Not full of recycled dreams. Not full of r...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 31st. Today is New Year's Eve – the last day of 2025 and the threshold between what was and what's coming. Tonight, people across the world will gather to mark this transition. Champagne toasts. Countdown clocks. Fireworks lighting up midnight skies. The celebration...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 30th. Today is Festival of Enormous Changes at the Last Minute – a perfectly timed celebration for December 30th. This quirky holiday acknowledges something true: even at the eleventh hour, change is possible. You've got two days left in 2025. That might not seem like m...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 29th. Today is Tick Tock Day – the reminder that time's almost up on 2025.Created by Thomas and Ruth Roy, this day exists to nudge us toward finishing unfinished business. Those projects you started. Those calls you meant to make. Those goals you set in January. The yea...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 28th. Today is National Call a Friend Day – a reminder to pick up the phone and reconnect. In our text-first world, actual phone calls have become rare. We emoji react, we voice note, we message. But call? That feels almost formal now. National Call a Friend Day pushes back...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 27th. Today is Make Cut-Out Snowflakes Day – celebrating the simple art of folding paper and cutting patterns to create winter beauty. It's an activity that requires nothing expensive or complicated. Just paper, scissors, and imagination. Fold the paper. Make some cuts....

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 26th. Today is National Thank You Note Day . After gifts received, gratitude expressed. And that brings us to today's quote from William Arthur Ward who once said: "Feeling gratitude and not expressing it is like wrapping a present and not giving it." Ward's right. Gratitude un...

Welcome to The Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 25th. Today is Christmas . A day of gifts, gatherings and plenty of food and drink. A day for family, friends and appreciating everything you have. Whether you celebrate Christmas - the religious meaning behind today, the secular celebrations or not at all. Today is a good...

Welcome to the Daily Quote – a podcast designed to kickstart your day in a positive way. I'm Andrew McGivern for December 24th. If you celebrate Christmas... Happy Christmas Eve ... hopefully you've got all your shopping done and don't need to venture out into the last minute shopping chaos. And if you are all done... hopefully it is all wrapped and ready to go so you aren't up lat...