For far too many people in the world, the vicious cycle of financial deprivation also feeds into the vicious cycle of sleep deprivation. If you're working two or three jobs and struggling to make ends meet, "get more sleep" is probably not going to be near the top of your priorities list.

We don’t have to wait until we move or change jobs to change our lives. Nor do we have to wait for large-scale, upstream change. We can initiate change right now. There are endless starting points.

Money and power by themselves are a two-legged stool. You can balance on them for a while, but eventually you're going to topple over.

I've always said that I think one of the best and cheapest ways to become healthier and happier is through mindfulness exercises like meditation.

I think all the obituaries for newspapers we're hearing are premature. Many papers are belatedly but successfully adapting to the new news environment. I

Well, you could become a Southern Baptist. I mean, instead of having to obey the Pope, you could just obey your husband.

Clearly drive, IQ, and hard work are incredibly important. But ultimately what matters most is resilience--the ability to quickly rebound from failures, indeed to see failure as a stepping stone to success.