When it comes to our money and work lives, most of us have had our challenges, our valleys. Most of us have a couple of files in our head. One, I name "It was my own damn fault." And the other one I name, "I don't know how I will ever forgive those bastards."

The only antidote to chaos is peace itself.

Again--nothing you do or think or wish or make is necessary to establish your worth.

I think we all need to be looking to the better angels of our own selves. We don't need to be looking for great people so much as becoming great people.

To me, everything happening inside of us is political.

It's been fascinating over the last few years, watching the high and mighty in business and politics fall precipitously-not because their plans didn't work, but because their character flaws undercut those plans. Whether the microphone caught them making racist comments or their greed overcame their common sense, who they were as people made all the difference-more than their résumés, their degrees, or even their past successes. If you fail at the art of being human and staying human, you recklessly court disaster.

Our key to transforming anything lies in our ability to reframe it.