Your audacious life goals are fabulous. We're proud of you for having them. But it's possible that those goals are designed to distract you from the thing that's really frightening you--the shift in daily habits that would mean a re-invention of how you see yourself.

You're competing against people in a state of flow, people who are truly committed, people who care deeply about the outcome.

No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.

Everyone will think it's stupid!" "Everyone says it's impossible." Guess what? Everyone works in the balloon factory and everyone is wrong.

If you can’t state your position in eight words, you don’t have a position.

People who make a difference never wait for just the right time. They know that it will never arrive.

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.