Many a false step was made by standing still.

Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.

I have scary eyes. I look like the guy in 'American History X,' yes. I remember coming home from school and asking my mum if I could get an eye transplant, and of course she declined.

The best entrepreneurs I've ever met are all good communicators. It's perhaps one of the very few unifying factors.

Personal branding is about managing your name - even if you don't own a business - in a world of misinformation, disinformation, and semi-permanent Google records. Going on a date? Chances are that your "blind" date has Googled your name. Going to a job interview? Ditto.

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.

You can lose money and make it back, you can't do that with time.