The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.

Transformation al leaders don't start by denying the world around them. Instead, they describe a future they'd like to create instead.

A business owner is the boss, but it's a job, a place that is stable and profitable. An entrepreneur is an artist of sorts, throwing his/herself into impossible situations and seeking out problems that require heart and guts to solve. Both are fine, but choose.

Debt creates stress, stress creates behaviors that don't lead to happiness.

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first.

One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.

Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money.