If you ask people, as I often do, how they make decisions, 'lucky' people will talk about tuning in to information and instincts, while 'unlucky' people often mention pushing away the uncomfortable feeling they were headed for trouble.

I want you to be supervised, all day every day, by people who forgive your errors and believe in your destiny.

Learning to let go of expectations is a ticket to peace. It allows us to ride over every crisis—small or large, brother-in-law or end-of-quarter office lockdown—like a beach ball on water. The next time a problem arises in your life, take a deep breath, let out a sigh, and replace the thought Oh no! with the thought Okay.

A true leader is not someone who feels fully informed but someone who continuously receives insight and guidance.

People don’t cry when they lose their hope. They cry when they get it back.

You get social pressure from your parents, who teach you to pay attention to certain things and not to others. You get it in school.

Judgments that constrain your giving are the very demons that are keeping you from receiving.