Ambition has to be joined with expectancy. A sense that you have a dream for yourself that you believe can happen.

It's not about how much work you're doing. It's about what work you're doing and how you're doing the work.

Well being, serenity and service to others are the ultimate measures of true wealth, success and power

The time you want the map... is before you enter the woods

Grant me the stormy seas over a life of ease, the toil and madness of a life of effort, and adventure , and meaning. The safe harbor is not for me, not for long. Let the fearful stand at the shore and point as we head into the unknown, toward that vast horizon where the bold become legend.

If your guard is up, let it down. If you've constructed a defensive wall to protect yourself and keep all the bad guys out, don't forget who that wall also prevents from getting in - the good guys.

To inspire a singularity of focus, a challenge must be important to you and it must be something you feel you should do now in this moment. If it's trivial or not time-bound, you won't engage. So in selecting your next challenge in life, choose one that is meaningful and will demand your complete concentration.