As for worrying about what other people might think - forget it. They aren't concerned about yours. They're too busy worrying about what you and other people think of theirs.

It's important for you to understand that stock and bonds go up-and they go down. You need to be comfortable with that fact.

A satisfied customer is the best business strategy of all.

Adversity is an experience, not a final act.

Index investing is an investment strategy that Walter Mitty would love. It takes very little investment knowledge, no skill, practically no time or effort-and outperforms about 80 percent of all investors.

When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.

Every company's greatest assets are its customers, because without customers there is no company.