You are not paid to work hard. In fact, you are not paid for effort at all. You are paid for results. It's not what you do; it's what you get done.

Businesses get better only when the people in the business get better.

You have to move beyond that vision of the way your life has always looked and begin to picture your life as you want it to look.

I've been very fortunate at having good titles but I just think in terms of titles. I'm doing a workshop now where people write books and they come and I name their books for them. I'm good with titles.

Go to your checkbook and see what you spend money on. In an instant, you will know what is important to you because your money goes toward it.

Don't be different. Different scares people. People won't spend their money on different. They will, however, pay a premium for unique.

I'm not so good at just throwing out facts and figures and education and all that. I tell stories to captivate, that give people... that touch people emotionally.