I think it's easy to get a book in a bookstore. I think it's just damn near impossible to get a book out of a bookstore.

Everything in your life gets better when you get better, and nothing is ever going to get better until you get better.

Everything has a price, including both success and failure. Choose either one and be prepared to pay the price.

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

Find a problem that you can provide a solution to.

I write titles that are confrontational. I write titles that make people want to pick up a book and find out more about it. I write good books; I write great titles though.

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.