Ultimately, everyone has to ask himself or herself how they're going to fail. We all do, you know, so let's get that out of the way. The choice isn't between success and failure; it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity.

Start finding future clients before you have anything to sell them. Get to know these people as friends, not potential customers.

Match your goals with the people who can make them happen and start building the relationships

Life is less a quest than a quilt. We find meaning, love, and prosperity through the process of stitching together our bold attempts to help others find their own way in their lives. The relationships we weave become an exquisite and endless pattern.

In business, we often say that your best customers are the customers you have now. In other words, your most successful sales leads come from the selling you've already done.

People who instinctively establish a strong network of relationships have always created great businesses.

Our careers aren't paths so much as landscapes that are navigated. We're free agents, entrepreneurs, intrapreneurs -- each with our own unique brand.