When you think that it's too hard, remember that in the long run, doing the things that will make you successful is a lot easier than being unsuccessful

To be successful, we need everyone to think independently and work through disagreement to decide what's best.

Success is not in obtaining the thing. Because there's always another thing. And then you look back on it, and for me, through my evolution, yes I have success by most measures - but for me, when it comes to the greatest joy of reward, there's an emotional element and there's an intellectual element. Emotionally, my greatest joy was the personal relationships I've had. That was the greatest joy. Intellectually, my satisfaction was that I do feel I've evolved well and I'm doing my best to contribute toward evolution.

It's more important to do big things well than to do small things perfectly.

Unlike in school, in life you don't have to come up with all the right answers. You can ask the people around you for help - or even ask them to do the things you don't do well. In other words, there is almost no reason not to succeed if you take the attitude of 1) total flexibility - good answers can come from anyone or anywhere (and in fact, as I have mentioned, there are far more good answers 'out there' than there are in you) and 2) total accountability: regardless of where the good answers come from, it's your job to find them.

Look at what caused people to make a lot of money and you will see that usually it is in proportion to their production of what the society wanted.

The media has the power to create an entrenched perception of reality that's incorrect.