The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.

Our education system was developed for an industrial era where we could teach certain skills to our children and they were able to use these skills for the rest of their lives working productively in an industry.

Call it the Tiger Mom effect: In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option.

In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option. We need to change this attitude toward failure - and celebrate the idea that only by falling on our collective business faces do we learn enough to succeed down the road.

We owe it to our children to equip them with all the capabilities they'll need to thrive in the limitless world beyond the classrooms.

Because I was poor I had one special advantage. When you are poor, and basic survival is your concern, you have no alternative but to be an entrepreneur. You must take action to survive just as you must take action to seize an opportunity.

It's a simple fact: no individual can be good at everything. Everyone needs people around them who have complimentary sets of skills.