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

Be authentic. Don't try to be someone you aren't. You'll hate yourself for it & the effort to maintain the facade will exhaust you. BE REAL! Many won't like the real you but that's better than having people adore the person that isn't you at all

I understand what my brand is. My brand is not my information. My brand is me and what I say is secondary to who I am.

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.

I have discovered that enemies will buy your books as much as your fans buy your books because they're looking for something new to hate you for.

Work hard on your job and work harder on yourself

You can't write a book and just expect it to sell itself, you know. We're not building that better mousetrap and waiting for the world to beat a path to our dear. You've got to build a market for your book.