You only have control over three things in your life - the thoughts you think, the images you visualize, and the actions you take (your behavior). How you use these three things determines everything you experience. If you don't like what you are producing and experiencing, you have to change your responses.

If you don't like your outcomes, change your responses.

Making mistakes, getting it almost right, and experimenting to see what happens are all part of the process of eventually getting it right.

An important part of any focusing regimen is to set aside time at the end of the day - just before going to sleep - to acknowledge your successes, review your goals, focus on your successful future, and make specific plans for what you want to accomplish the next day.

I worked from 10 p.m. until 1 a.m. every night for a year to write the first Chicken Soup for the Soul book.

To achieve your dreams, work is required. Suffering is optional.

Don't worry about failures, worry about the chances you miss when you don't even try.