By getting your customers to agree with you in small steps along the way, you have a better chance of reaching agreement when it's time to do business.

A great accomplishment shouldn't be the end of the road, just the starting point for the next leap forward.

All success is, really, is having a predetermined plan and carrying it out successfully over a long period of time.

It's the oldest, corniest piece of advice in the world but it still works. The strongest networks are built on friendship. Be a friend not only to the people in your network, but to the people who matter the most to the people in your network.

Be active, be energetic, be enthusiastic and you will accomplish your object.

Pessimism doesn't grow your business or even maintain the status quo. The pessimists on your staff make the job harder for everyone around them. They make difficulties out of opportunities.

You do not get what you want. You get what you negotiate.