This is not my phrase, but if you're stuck in the past, then you're depressed. If you're stuck in the future, then you're anxious.

Fear is your friend. It is an indicator. Sometimes it shows you what you shouldn't do, more often than not it shows you what you should do.

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all.

The most important actions are never comfortable.

I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.

If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state.

Being called a huckster and a charlatan started several years ago, so that's something I'm accustomed to. In most cases, it doesn't bother me.