Your greatest asset is your earning ability, to apply your knowledge, skills in order to get results which others will pay.

Whenever you set a goal of any kind, you will have to grow and develop to the point where you are ready to achieve it.

In times of turbulence and rapid change, you must constantly be re-evaluating yourself relative to the new realities.

You have to set big goals for yourself. And you have to put aside all the negativity in your life that tells you that if you came from a certain education or a certain family background that you can't achieve big goals. That's one of the things that America has.

Your ability to select your most important task at each moment, and then to get started on that task and to get it done both quickly and well, will probably have more of an impact on your success than any other quality or skill you can develop.

If you read one hour per day in your field, that will translate into about one book per week. One book per week translates into about 50 books per year. 50 books per year will translate into about 500 books over the next ten years.

Your earning ability today is largely dependent upon your knowledge, skill and your ability to combine that knowledge and skill in such a way that you contribute value for which customers are going to pay.