All my adult life I've felt drawn to ask long-married couples how they were able to stay together. All of them said the same thing: "We worked hard at it.

Sometimes all you have to do is ask, and it can lead to all your dreams coming true.

Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?

Look for the best in everybody

And even though I did not reach the National Football League, I sometimes think I got more from pursuing that dream, and not accomplishing it, than I did from many of the ones I did accomplish.

Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.

You will need to find your passion. Don't give up on finding it because then all you're doing is waiting for the Reaper.