If we study what is merely average, we will remain merely average.

Our daily decisions and habits have a huge impact upon both our levels of happiness and success.

As we got more interested in time management and productivity, we lost the individual, and with that individual loss, we lost happiness as well. So I think the world has actually been malnourished as we've focused so much on productivity and ignored happiness and meaning to our own detriment.

You have to train your brain to be positive just like you work out your body.

Focusing on the good isn’t just about overcoming our inner grump to see the glass half full. It’s about opening our minds to the ideas and opportunities that will help us be more productive, effective, and successful at work and in life.

You spend money on Internet connection for your employees. Why not spend money on the energy that fuels their brains?

The contents of the glass don’t matter; what’s more important is to realize there’s a pitcher of water nearby. In other words, we have the capacity to refill the glass, or to change our outlook.