Never assume you understand. Ask the questions.

No one makes you feel anything. It is how you react and respond that determines your emotions.

Transformation al leaders pick the right people, match them to the right jobs, achieve mutual clarity on the desired results, and then they get out of the way and leave the individual with maximum freedom to perform.

You are no longer paid just for the hours that you put in, but for what you put into those hours.

Develop the winning edge; small differences in your performance can lead to large differences in your results.

Benchmark your performance against your best competitors. Think how you can beat them next time.

I think the critical thing is the product or service that you're trying to raise money for. And probably the best description of that, people should say when they hear, "This is what I want to do. This is what I want to bring to the market." They should say, "Gee! That's a great idea" or "Gee! Why hasn't somebody else thought of that before? Well, that's an incredible idea!" In other words, the more a person is delighted, or astonished, or happy with your product, or service, or idea, the more happy they are to put up money for it.