People create their own success by learning what they need to learn and then by practicing it until they become proficient at it.

The essence of a successful business is really quite simple. It is your ability to offer a product or service that people will pay for at a price sufficiently above your costs, ideally three or four or five times your cost, thereby giving you a profit that enables you to buy and to offer more products and services.

Define your goals in terms of the activities necessary to achieve them, and concentrate on those activities.

Structure your presentation so that you appeal to the different interests of the different decision-makers involved.

The effective leader recognizes that she is more dependent on her people than they are on her. Walk softly.

According to the best research, less than 3% of Americans have written goals, and less than 1% review and rewrite their goals on a daily basis.

To remain confident and positive, think about your goals all the time.