Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere.

Most business problems can be solved if you can teach yourself to look beyond the dollar sign.

Mackay's Moral: If you are persistent, you will get it. If you are consistent, you will keep it.

Attitudes are every bit as important as aptitudes.

The truth is, success often occurs for reasons we don't expect, under circumstances over which we have little control and sometimes unrelated to our own efforts. There is only one other lesson that success should teach us: Be as amazed by your own success as your friends are. If you truly are, you stand the best chance to repeat it.

In a litigation-happy society, clear agreements often prevent small disagreements from becoming big ones.

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