The downstream effects are unknown. Do your best and hope for the best. If you're improving the world-however you define that-consider your job well done.

Be bold and don't worry about what people think. They don't do it that often anyway.

A goal without real consequences is wishful thinking. Good follow-through doesn't depend on the right intentions. It depends on the right incentives.

People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful people are born with powerful friends. Nonsense.

You think you're fatigued, therefore you can't exercise. In fact, you choose not to move, therefore you feel fatigued.

For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do. As I have heard said, a person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have. Resolve to do one thing every day that you fear. I got into this habit by attempting to contact celebrities and famous businesspeople for advice.