The Most Creative Shortcut to Success Is to Reevaluate What Success Means to You.

Foster a curiosity for the uncommon, regardless of how unpopular it is. The uncommon is where opportunity likes to hide.

Retirement is the last opportunity for individuals to reinvent themselves, let go of the past, and find peace and happiness within.

Most people are too busy working on insignificant projects and pursuing life's frivolities to tap their creative abilities. It's a mistake to be one of them. Striving for excellence where excellence doesn't matter is the stuff misfits are made of.

Having taught economics courses at private vocational schools and universities, I have always had a problem with GNP as a yardstick of prosperity. GNP is improved by increases in questionable activities such as consumption of cigarettes and the production of weapons. Moreover, a substantial increase in car accidents will favorably affect GNP because more funerals, hospital visits, car repairs, and new car purchases will result.

Like the truth, retirement can set you free. Or, like work, retirement can imprison you.

Slow down in your pursuit of happiness and it's more likely to catch up with you.