I find, when you're an optimist, life has a funny way of looking after you.

The ad industry thinks their clients are their customers. They think the companies who pay for the production are the ones they are supposed to serve. So the ads they produce make their clients happy... but infuriate the rest of us.

Wal-Mart's size and scale is so vast they literally have the ability to change the face of the entire country. If Wal-Mart were to make a decision tomorrow to refuse to sell a single product made with partially hydrogenated oils, for example, we'd probably see rates from heart disease decline a few years later. That's how powerful Wal-Mart is.

Though we may have desires or bold goals, for whatever reason, most of us don't think we can achieve something beyond what we're qualified to achieve. Why, I ask, do we let reality interfere with our dreams?

Achievement happens when we pursue and attain what we want. Success comes when we are in clear pursuit of Why we want it.

Being driven is not the same as being passionate. Passion is a love for the journey. Drive is a need to reach the destination.

We should never change our minds about where we are going, but always be curious about different ways to get there.