I learned that it was in hard times that people usually changed the course of their life; in good times, they frequently only talked about change. Hard times forced them to overcome the doubts that normally gave them pause.It surprised me how often we hold ourselves back until we have no choice.

But I'd rather help than watch. I'd rather have a heart than a mind. I'd rather expose too much than too little. I'd rather say hello to strangers than be afraid of them. I would rather know all this about myself than have more money than I need. I'd rather have something to love than a way to impress you.

The tougher the times, the more clarity you gain about the difference between what really matters and what you only pretend to care about.

I used to use business to make money. But I've learned that business is a tool. You can use it to support what you believe in.

There was a culture that came out of the self-esteem movement which was don't anybody keep track of the goals. The kids keep track, but nobody keep track of the goals because we don't want the kids to have the experience of losing. And in depriving them losing, thinking it scarred them to lose, we made losing so taboo, so unspeakable, that we instead made losing more scary to kids, not less scary.

Allow for many paths to your goal. Do not fixate on one path, because then you are likely to give up when that path is blocked.

Interests evolve into hobbies or volunteer work, which grow into passions. It takes time, more time than anyone imagines.