You run a major risk when you assume that you alone have all the answers: You don't, and that's okay. You don't have to be afraid to admit there are certain things you either don't like to do or aren't any good at. You reach a goal by covering all your bases, and you cover all your bases by hiring good people.

To create the life you deserve, you have to go after it. The universe that you inhabit flows from you - you don't flow from it.

You run a major risk when you assume that you alone have all the answers: You don't, and that's okay. You don't have to be afraid to admit there are certain things you either don't like to do or aren't any good at. You reach a goal by covering all your bases, and you cover all your bases by hiring good people.

Reality is the only place you can deal from. If you're still worrying about the way things should be, you haven't even approached the starting line.

Cash is cold comfort under these circumstances. But make no mistake about it; It is some comfort.

In the end, raising money is basically a matter of going out there and asking. There are no shortcuts.

What separates the winners from the losers is that winners are able to handle problems and crises that they never imagined would occur. You hit the floor, but what counts is how fast you can get up and regroup. Failure is simply part of the equation.