We all have a social mask, right? We put it on, we go out, put our best foot forward, our best image. But behind that social mask is a personal truth, what we really, really believe about who we are and what we're capable of.

I mean, if you degrade someone, you isolate them, you control them, you call them names, you demean them. That's a horrible existence for people.

You don't need a pack of wild horses to learn how to make a sandwich.

You must demand nothing less than the best of yourself and for yourself. You must tell yourself that it is not wrong to want it all.

Anyone can do something when they want to do it. Really successful people do things when they don't want to do it.

At this very moment, you may be saying to yourself that you have any number of admirable qualities. You are a loyal friend, a caring person, someone who is smart, dependable, fun to be around. That's wonderful, and I'm happy for you, but let me ask you this: are you being any of those things to yourself?

If what you're doing isn't working, change it.