Find someone who is willing to share the truth with you.

All values must be won by contest, and after they have been won, they must be defended.

We need a variety of input and influence and voices. You cannot get all the answers to life and business from one person or from one source.

Resolve says, 'I will.' The man says, 'I will climb this mountain. They told me it is too high, too far, too steep, too rocky, and too difficult. But it's my mountain. I will climb it. You will soon see me waving from the top or dead on the side from trying.'

At the end of each day, you should play back the tapes of your performance. The results should either applaud you or prod you.

If you were to take the lessons and experiences you've acquired in the past one year, five years or 10 years and skillfully invest that into your future, how powerful would that be? Where would you find yourself at the end of the next year?

It's easy to carry the past as a burden instead of a school. It's easy to let it overwhelm you instead of educate you.