It's amazing how someone's IQ seems to double as soon as you give them responsibility and indicate that you trust them.

By using money as the scapegoat and work as our all-consuming routine, we are able to conveniently disallow ourselves to do otherwise: 'John, I'd love to talk about the gaping void I feel in my life, the hopelessness that hits me like a punch in the eye every time I start my computer in the morning, but I have so much work to do! I've got at least three hours of unimportant email to reply to before calling prospects who said 'no' yesterday. Gotta run!

The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.

Do not overestimate the competition and underestimate yourself. You are better than you think.

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.

I will take as a given that, for most people, somewhere between six and seven billion of them, the perfect job is the one that takes the least time.

You can enjoy stargazing just by going out and learning a couple constellations with your kids.