Learn the difference between striving for excellence and striving for perfection. The first is attainable; the second is not.

Many of us spend more time on the C's of life than on the A's of life. Don't allow trivial things to crowd out the important ones.

The key to willpower is "want-power". If U want something strongly enough, U will find the discipline necessary to do it.

There is a time to deliberate... and a time to act. Learn to recognize which is which, and act accordingly.

A habit is good if it helps you achieve your goal; it is bad if it hinders your achievement.

Recognize that there is a time to be left-brained and a time to be right-brained; a time to be efficient and a time to be creative; a time to work and a time to play.

You're the key barrier to your organization's innovation, because you are serious and you believe you know what your customers want.