A friend of mine, Derek Simmons, who's been on the podcast, said, "If more information were the answer, we'd all be billionaires with perfect dads." It comes down to motivation and incentives. If it isn't a punishment or a reward, then it's just talk.

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.

Someday is a dis-ease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.

It is far more lucrative and fun to leverage your strengths instead of attempting to fix all the chinks in your armor. The choice is between multiplication of results using strenths or incremental improvement fixing weaknesses that will, at best, become mediocre. Focus on better use of your best weapons instead of constant repair.

If you don't have time, you don't have priorities.

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

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