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

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

Unfounded fears about your competence and abilities can cripple your unique talents and gifts, which are waiting to be released.

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.

Our expectations determine how we respond. Be careful what you expect.

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.

Don't wait on perfect conditions for success to happen; just go ahead and do something!