Effective performance is preceded by painstaking preparation

If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it's moving you away from your goals.

Leadership is the ability to get extraordinary achievement from ordinary people.

Knowledge is the raw material of production and value in this age. It used to be that the main difference between people in our society was between those who have more and those who have less. Today, however, the difference is between those who know more and those who know less.

Optimism is the one quality more associated with success and happiness than any other.

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.

Start with a picture of your goal as already achieved in the future, and work back to the present. Imagine the steps that you would have taken to get from where you are now to where you want to be.