It isn't just what you know, and it isn't just who you know. It's actually who you know, who knows you, and what you do for a living.

Living with generosity creates a swelling tide that raises all ships. Not just yours; not just the other person's; everyone's.

Ultimate influence is the ability to get the results you want from others while helping them feel genuinely good about themselves.

Your level of gratitude determines your level of happiness, as well as your potential for success. It's difficult to be happy without gratitude.

Giving is not a strategy. It's a way of life.

It isn't just what you know, and it isn't just who you know. It's actually who you know, who knows you, and what you do for a living.

Go looking for conflict, and you'll find it. Go looking for people to take advantage of you, and they generally will. See the world as a dog-eat-dog place, and you'll always find a bigger dog looking at you as if you're his next meal. Go looking for the best in people, and you'll be amazed at how much talent, ingenuity, empathy, and good will you'll find. Ultimately, the world treats you more or less the way you expect to be treated.