You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.

Problems are rarely as bad as we think-or rather, they are precisely as bad as we think.

Ordinary people shy away form negative situations, just as they do with failure. They do their best to avoid trouble. What great people do is the opposite. They are their best in these situations. They turn personal tragedy or misfortune - really anything, everything - to their advantage.

Focus on the moment, not the monsters that may or may not be up ahead.

Our first idea is a grand opening, a big launch, a press release, or major media coverage. We default to thinking we need an advertising budget. Our delusion is that we should be Transformers and not The Blair Witch Project.

You know what’s better than building things up in your imagination? Building things up in real life.

The obstacle in the path becomes the path. Never forget, within every obstacle is an opportunity to improve our condition.