Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we're taking on too little of what really strengthens us.

The first step is to recognize what you need to know and why you need to know it.

A strength is what you do that makes you feel strengthened.

It's odd that I'm a big name in America and not known in Britain.

Gen Y is really quite distinct from Gen X; it's really self-involved and very narcissistic - their cameras are filled with pictures of themselves; Facebook, it's about me. It's a generation that's been pampered by their parents and their schools, given prizes for just taking part.

The fact remains that we have an obligation to discover what we really, really, really want to do (which is probably what we do best) and then do it even better... much better.

You shouldn't take pride in your natural talents any more than you should take pride in your sex, your race or color of your hair