My sister made certain choices about the life she wanted. Those choices include a steady job, a husband and children. But balance and stability come at a cost. It is harder for her to be spontaneous. It is harder to just up and leave.

If you want to achieve anything in this world, you have to get used to the idea that not everyone will like you.

I don't enjoy eating humble pie; it never tastes good. But I do appreciate it when it happens.

So much of starting a business or affecting change is the confidence and courage to simply try.

The world is a bell curve. Classroom test scores, employee performance in a company or how many people really, really like you. No matter the population you're studying, they always fit neatly across the standard deviations of the famous bell curve.

I'm interested in the left side of the Bell Curve.

I'm investing in myself, I'm investing in others and I'm investing in my cause. I know if I persist it will pay back in dividends and it always does.