I think one of the mistakes typically with authors is they have written more books than they've read.

You can’t step up to the next level as long as you keep one foot on the lower level.

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.

The right thing to do usually comes straight from your gut. When you work fast, you tend to work more from the gut, because your mind simply doesn't have as much time to justify an easier way to do things.

When I'm writing a book - say I'm going to write a parenting book. I'll go out and buy the 100 top parenting books and I will read those, not so I can copy them for sure.

When you miss the target, never in history has it been the target's fault. Ya gotta take responsibility!

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.