Focus not on doing less or doing more but on doing what you value.

You really have to begin by figuring out what kind of person you are. The tip is to really take a look at yourself.

In 'Before and After,' I identify the sixteen strategies that we can use to make or break our habits. Some are quite familiar, such as 'Monitoring,' 'Scheduling,' and 'Convenience.' Some took me a lot of effort to identify, such as 'Thinking,' 'Identity,' and 'Clarity.'

One of the best ways to make yourself happy is to make other people happy. One of the best ways to make other people happy is to be happy yourself.

I'm doing a lot of speaking and talking about habits, which is this subject that obsesses me. That's a lot of fun.

What I found is, really, you always have to begin by nailing what is true about you, because something that works very well for someone else might not work for you at all.

If you're a night person you can barely get out of bed in time to get to work or get your kids off to school. You're at your most productive and creative much later in the day, and for you, something like getting up early to go for a run is not going to set you up for success because you're not a morning person.