You have to write a book because you believe it has helped you, because you believe it has helped others personally and you are dying to share with it others because you know it will add value to their lives. You write it for them like a gift. You don't want anything from them. You don't want them to do anything for you. You don't even care if they all share the book with their friends, they don't all have to buy them. You're just dying to share this idea with people. Your challenge is to write it in a way that is compelling, enjoyable to read so that they will get the idea.

Offer someone the opportunity to rebuild a company or reinvent an industry as the primary incentive, and it will attract those drawn to the challenge first and the money second.

All the great organizations in the world, all have a sense of why that organization does what it does.

I was never a writer.

Profit isn't a purpose, it's a result. To have purpose means the things we do are of real value to others.

The future is only scary if we try to avoid it.

Remember to connect with people now and then. In fact, pick up the phone, right now, and call a friend for no other reason than to say hi.