Most of us tend to suffer from 'agenda anxiety', the feeling that what we want to say to others is more important than what we think they might want to say to us.

Some people procrastinate so much that all they can do is run around like firefighters all day - putting out fires that should not have gotten started in the first place.

For many people, change is more threatening than challenging. They see it as the destroyer of what is familiar and comfortable rather than the creator of what is new and exciting.

Goals help you keep in perspective what's really important so you don't spend all of your time doing what seems urgent.

Goal-setting illuminates the road to success just as runway lights illuminate the landing field for an incoming aircraft

The power to affect your future lies within your own hands.

It's not enough to create value, you have to interpret the value for your prospects and customers so that they can feel the value emotionally and empirically.