I'm a big believer in growth. Life is not about achievement, it's about learning and growth, and developing qualities like compassion, patience, perseverance, love, and joy, and so forth. And so if that is the case, then I think our goals should include something which stretches us.

I consider myself to be an inverse paranoid. I always operate as if everything is part of a universal plot to enhance my well-being.

Build your self-esteem by recalling all the ways you have succeeded and your brain will be filled with images of you making your achievements happen again and again. Give yourself permission to toot your own horn and don't wait for anyone to praise you.

Success isn't magic or hocus-pocus - it's simply learning how to focus.

You don't know you're going to get a 'No' until you ask, and if you don't ask, you've given yourself the No.

If you are going to be successful, you need to give up the phrase, "I can't" & all of its cousins, such as "I wish I were able to.

Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.