Celebrate exceptional productivity, rather than raise average efforts.

Make the choice that you want to be happy. You owe it to yourself and you owe it to other people too.

Where a chunk of business is simple, the chances are that it is.

Only do the thing we are best at doing and enjoy most.

To be strategic is to concentrate on what is important, on those few objectives that can give us a comparative advantage, on what is important to us rather than others, and to plan and execute the resulting plan with determination and steadfastness.

Instead of expending time to train yourself not to be afraid of snakes, avoid them altogether.

Use all the willpower at your disposal to make yourself happy. Construct the right stories about yourself - and believe them!