Perhaps the most important word in success and happiness is the word,"ask."

Make a decision to be successful right now. Most people never decide to be wealthy and that is why they retire poor.

Stress comes from within; it is your reaction to circumstances, not the circumstances themselves.

A hundred years ago-even 20 or 30 years ago-it was possible, if not always easy, to close major business by calling on and satisfying a key decision-maker. Today, every piece of business entails multiple decisions, and those decisions are virtually never made by the same person. Not only do you have to contend with multiple decisions, but the people who make those decisions may not even work in the same place.

Respect is the key determinant of high performance leadership. How much people respect you determines how well they perform.

Make a game of finding something positive in every situation. Ninety-five percent of your emotions are determined by how you interpret events to yourself.

Your determination to become a more optimistic person in every part of your life will do more to ensure your success and happiness than any other single quality you can develop.