The simple act of writing down a goal and making a written plan for its accomplishment moves you to the top 3 percent.

Successful people save in prosperous times so they have a financial cushion in times of recession.

The best time to practice mental rehearsal is at night in bed, just before you fall asleep. The last thing you do before you doze off is to imagine yourself performing at your best the following day. You will be amazed at how often the upcoming event or experience happens exactly as you imagined it.

Practice Golden-Rule 1 of Management in everything you do. Manage others the way you would like to be managed.

People love fast. When you're fast people think you're smart, think your products are of higher quality, think your management is of higher quality, think that you're worth more and they're willing to pay more money for it. So, I'm really big into speed.

Visualize and think about yourself as you would ideally like to be, not just as you are.

A person will not buy from you until he is convinced that you are a friend and are acting in his best interest. You must make this clear.