I've found that luck is quite predictable. If you want more luck, take more chances. Be more active. Show up more often.

How much we like ourselves governs our performance.

The important thing is the 80/20 rule: 80% of the effects come from 20% of the causes. This means that if you're doing ten tasks, two are going to be vastly more important than others.

Successful people are always looking for opportunities to help others. Unsuccessful people are always asking, What's in it for me?

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

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

Your ability to negotiate, communicate, influence, and persuade others to do things is absolutely indispensable to everything you accomplish in life. The most effective men and women in every area are those who can quite competently organize the cooperation and assistance of other people toward the accomplishment of important goals and objectives.