Understand that relationships are more important than contracts. Business deals are relationships between people. The signed piece of paper is important, but it's merely the result of the relationship, not the cause. If the relationship crumbles, the contract won't save you, although it could be very lucrative for your lawyer.

Saying no isn't easy, but it's a required skill if you wish to have any degree of focus in your life. If you say yes too often, you'll likely fall into the common trap of saying yes to the good while simultaneously saying no to the best.

To abandon a comfortable lifestyle that isn't deeply fulfilling is to abandon nothing.

If you try to impress an alarm clock, it will simply tell you the time.

You can move beyond the ego's perspective and see reality from the perspective of a higher consciousness.

Passion requires focused direction, and that direction must come from three other areas: your purpose, your talents, and your needs.

If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks.