The goal of effective communication should be for listeners to say, 'Me, too!' versus 'So what?'

Get around people who have something of value to share with you. Their impact will continue to have a significant effect on your life long after they have departed.

We must all wage an intense, lifelong battle against the constant downward pull. If we relax, the bugs and weeds of negativity will move into the garden and take away everything of value.

Decision making can sometimes seem like inner civil war.

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgement, repeated every day.

What you become directly influences what you get.

For economic safety for the future, you must have multiple skills and languages. Success is basically being the best that you can be.