Are you better off than you were one year ago, one month ago, or one week ago? If not, things will not improve by themselves.

Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.

In a digital world, there are numerous technologies that we are attached to that create infinite interruption.

Simplicity requires ruthlessness.

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.

A person's success in life can usually be measured by the number of uncomfortable conversations he or she is willing to have.

But you are the average of the five people you associate with most, so do not underestimate the effects of your pessimistic, unambitious, or disorganized friends. If someone isn't making you stronger, they're making you weaker.