Anybody can change, but they have to want to change.

Never confuse acquiring degrees with wisdom.

The great Western disease is, ‘I'll be happy when... When I get the money. When I get a BMW. When I get this job. When I get the relationship,’ Well, the reality is, you never get to when. The only way to find happiness is to understand that happiness is not out there. It's in here. And happiness is not next week. It's now.

After living with their dysfunctional behavior for so many years, people become invested in defending their dysfunctions rather than changing them.

People will do something—including changing their behavior—only if it can be demonstrated that doing so is in their own best interests as defined by their own values.

What got you here won't get you there.

The best knowledge workers are working for more than money.