Managers today have to do more with less, and get better results from limited resources, more than ever before.

Your self-image controls your performance; see yourself as confident and in complete control

Successful people are simply those with successful habits.

Always focus on accomplishments rather than activities.

Your solution for a customer has to be either amazingly valuable to someone who will pay an enormous amount of money for it or has to be valuable to an enormous number of people who pay a small amount. And also the person you're talking to-especially if you want to raise capital or raise support-has to personally say, "I want that. I like that. That sounds really great. I want that for myself."

What activities, behaviors, or decisions have been most responsible for your success in life? Do more of them.

The important thing is the 80/20 rule: 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. This means that if you're doing ten tasks, two are going to be vastly more important than others.