It's interesting and somewhat dismaying how many people will look up to anyone who wins a multimillion-dollar lottery - but will deride anyone who has worked either hard or smart to attain prosperity and real success.

Trust not what inspires other members of society to choose as a career. Trust what inspires you. From this decision alone will come over a third of your satisfaction or misery in your life.

Nice people are often not good people and good people are often not nice people.

When you find yourself on the side of majority, question yourself about what you are doing and why. It is likely wrong.

Do It Badly - But at Least Do It!

The severity of your problems is a matter of perspective. Change your perspective and most of them become insignificant. Some of them will no longer exist as problems - but opportunities instead.

Regardless of how little time and work someone takes to perform a task, there has to be a more efficient and effective way to perform it.