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.

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

Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.

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

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

You can't get there alone. In fact, you can't get very far at all.

Life is about work. Work is about life. And both are about people.