If you see distraction externally, you end up creating an internally distracted state.

I didn't even like white wine. Then I tasted it and bought a case. It was the first case of any wine I'd ever bought.

The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.

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.

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

Uncertainty and the prospect of failure can be very scary noises in the shadows. Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty.

Poisonous people do not deserve your time. To think otherwise is masochistic.