I have met many entrepreneurs who have the passion and even the work ethic to succeed - but who are so obsessed with an idea that they don't see its obvious flaws. Think about that. If you can't even acknowledge your failures, how can you cut the rope and move on?

I'm not a tough guy. I'm just delivering the truth and only the truth and if you can't deal with it, too bad.

We need physical exercise to prepare our brain for long periods of concentration

Canada has always been ready for the truth. I think they actually appreciate a politician or anybody as a leader who tells the truth.

I like gold because it is a stabilizer; it is an insurance policy.

Once Michigan stood proud. In addition to GM, Ford and Chrysler, it was home base for the United Auto Workers, a powerful escalator transporting hundreds of thousands of blue-collar workers into America's middle class.

Downturns are the best time to start businesses because you develop discipline that's very lean and mean in terms of how to spend money. And those habits serve you very well in good times.