Get good at being a troublemaker and saying sorry when you really screw up

You think you're fatigued, therefore you can't exercise. In fact, you choose not to move, therefore you feel fatigued.

Everything that works in sales has been done already. Just keep track of the crap that you buy, or the awesome stuff that you buy, and decide what was the trigger, and then just sell to people like you. It's really that easy - and that's what I do.

The brain is where most people really screw up.

If someone's criticism is completely unfounded on data, then I don't want to hear it. It doesn't hold up to scrutiny.

Ninety-nine percent of people believe they can't do great things, so they aim for mediocrity.

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