The brick walls are there to stop the people who don't want it badly enough. They are there to stop the other people!

You can't control the cards you're dealt, just how you play the hand.

There are more ways than one to measure profits and losses.

Are you a Tigger or an Eeyore?

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.

Apologies are not pass/fail.