No matter how exceptional your product, you won't benefit financially if you can't sell it.

Have goals so big your problems pale in comparison.

I suggest that you become obsessed about the things you want; otherwise, you are going to spend a lifetime being obsessed with making up excuses as to why you didn’t get the life you wanted.

Do what others refuse to do.

You will never be admired without being criticized first.

Avoid debt that doesn’t pay you. Make it a rule that you never use debt that won’t make you money. I borrowed money for a car only because I knew it could increase my income. Rich people use debt to leverage investments and grow cash flows. Poor people use debt to buy things that make rich people richer.

As long as you are alive, you will either live to accomplish your own goals and dreams or be used as a resource to accomplish someone else's.