People who end up with the good jobs are the proactive ones who are solutions to problems, not problems themselves, who seize the initiative to do whatever is necessary to get the job done.

People don't listen to understand. They listen to reply. The collective monologue is everyone talking and no one listening.

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are──or, as we are conditioned to see it.

My behavior is a product of my own conscious choices based on principles, rather than a product of my conditions, based on feelings.

Motivation is a fire from within. If someone else tries to light that fire under you, chances are it will burn very briefly.

Trust is central to an economy that works.

Be a light, not a judge, be a model not a critic. Little by little, your circle of influence will explode and you will avoid the emotional metastasizing cancers of complaining, criticizing, competing, comparing and cynicism, all which reflect victimization, all of which are the opposite of being proactive.