The biggest mistakes most parents make (and believe me, I'm guilty of these too) seem very inconsequential. They're little, day-to-day things that, at the moment, don't seem like a big deal.

All people—all lives—are either in a crisis, coming out of a crisis, or headed for a crisis.

And that destination for which we should strive is one of a successful life not necessarily a life of success.

Curiously, a principle affects your life whether you are aware of it or not. For instance, the principle of gravity was working long before the apple ever fell on Newton's head. But once it did, and he understood it, then we as a society were free to harness this principle to create, among other things, airline flight.

A grateful perspective brings happiness and abundance into a person's life.

It's also a lot easier to convince people to read an entertaining story than any other type of book!

I had always been able to make people laugh in school, so I really developed that and worked on it and I got pretty good at it and it turned into a career.