Three ingredients of luxury lifestyle design are time, income, and mobility.

To make a bestseller, there are more customers than just your customers: Selling to the end-user is just one piece of the puzzle. In my case, I needed to first sell myself to the publisher to get marketing support and national retail distribution.

I have plenty of money to do what I want to do, and I have the relationships.

Changing the world doesn't require much money. Again, think in terms of empowerment and not charity. How much were Gandhi's teachers paid? How much did it cost to give Dr. Martin Luther King the books that catalyzed his mind and actions?

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

Age doesn't matter. An open mind does.

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