If it's a good idea, do it today. Not tomorrow. A good idea rarely gets better over time.

I think that people have to have a story. When you tell a story, most people are not good storytellers because they think it's about them. You have to make your story, whatever story it is you're telling, their story. So you have to get good at telling a story so they can identify themselves in your story.

Work hard on your job and work harder on yourself

Abandoning who people think you are and becoming who you really are is a simple concept, but sometimes it is very hard to do. It isn't easy to give up others' ideas of who you are. Yet the key to success is to discover your uniqueness and to exploit it. Your authentic persona, either personal or corporate, is the key to your prosperity.

My brand was always going to be based on my personality. I didn't want people hiring me for what I said. I wanted them hiring me for who I am.

I looked at the fact that people were in such financial trouble I said well people are broke because they want to be.

Few people will turn to themselves to take responsibility for their results until they have exhausted all opportunities to blame someone else.