Have you ever played a video game that didn't have escalating levels of difficulty? Well, life can feel like play, too, when we purposefully engage in activities that demand we test and develop our skills.

The more we are true to ourselves, the more we can connect with and contribute to the world.

The simple fact that you care, that you want to do your best, that you strive to enjoy life and love, this makes you so much more than enough.

Choosing our own aims and seeking to bring them to fruition creates a sense of vitality and motivation in life. The only things that derail our efforts are fear and oppression.

To me, meditation is simply silencing or focusing the mind.

People are influenced most by those they trust, admire and believe care for them.

I've seen that phenomenally successful people believe they can learn something from everybody. I call them 'mavericks with mentors.' Richard Branson, for instance, is a total maverick but he surrounds himself with incredibly successful, smart people and he listens to them.