To move forward today, you must learn to say good-bye to yesterday's hurts, tragedies and baggage. You can't build a monument to past problems and fail forward.

Everyone you know and all the people you meet have the potential to be someone important in the lives of others.

Often people fail to start or complete a task because they don't see any connection between what they're doing and what they really want to accomplish in life.

We are either the masters or victims of our attitudes. It is a matter of personal choice. Who we are today is the result of choices we made yesterday. Tomorrow, we will become what we choose today. To change means to choose change.

Leaders will not experience long-term success unless a lot of people want them to.

I wrote the book [Today Matters] because I have a passion to help people personally grow. Really what it is, it's a personal growth book.

Once our minds are 'tattooed' with negative thinking, our chances for long-term success diminish.