When you work towards your goals, you become healthier and healthier, mentally. It is very hard to do with a negative attitude. You just need to become more and more positive. And then you start to succeed. And starting to succeed is like winning a race and having the audience cheer. That makes you feel happy and motivates you to work even harder and achieve even more.

I think the critical thing is the product or service that you're trying to raise money for. And probably the best description of that, people should say when they hear, "This is what I want to do. This is what I want to bring to the market." They should say, "Gee! That's a great idea" or "Gee! Why hasn't somebody else thought of that before? Well, that's an incredible idea!" In other words, the more a person is delighted, or astonished, or happy with your product, or service, or idea, the more happy they are to put up money for it.

When you believe that other people think highly of you, your level of self-acceptance and self-esteem goes straight up.

Self-discipline is a great time-saver; it is the ability to make yourself work on only those things that are most important to you.

Everybody has a need for speed and you actually make your product, or service, or services more attractive when you do them fast.

The difference between successes and failures in life is simply that winners take the first step.

Throw yourself wholeheartedly into your work; the more you enjoy it, the better you get.