Any great achievement is preceded by many difficulties and many lessons; great achievements are not possible without them.

If you were starting over today, what would you do differently? Whatever your answer, start doing it now.

Your incredible brain can take you from rags to riches, from loneliness to popularity, and from depression to happiness and joy - if you use it properly.

A major stimulant to creative thinking is focused questions.

In every company which I have done strategic planning, the number-one value people choose is always integrity. The second values may be quality of products and services, caring about people, excellent customer service, profitability , innovation, entrepreneurship, and others. But integrity always comes first.

Decisiveness is a characteristic of high-performing men and women. Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

The primary reason for underachievement and failure is that the great majority of people don't decide to be successful.