Don't be so busy trying to make a living that you're too busy to make a life.

Change, even if unwelcome, forces us to reevaluate what our best options are. Those times of transitions are great opportunities to look for recurring patterns in your life and make adjustments to build on the good and reduce the bad.

Choosing to associate with positive, optimistic people will accelerate our positive growth.

Find ways to embrace the things that make you unique, and you'll unlock the ways you can make a difference in the world.

The people who complain the loudest about never having an opportunity in life are usually the ones who have no idea what they really want.

You must develop a sense of what you can contribute that goes beyond 1 company or organization. A career path today will likely involve moving from organization to organization, creating a picture of rising circles, rather than a vertical ladder. In fact, a vertical rise within one organization will very likely move you away from your strongest areas of competence.

We're also fairly stubborn, I think, fairly independent. We have our share of difficulties with our federal government, although I've tried to as I am here encourage a better way of discussing those problems.