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

That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now.

To enjoy life, you don't need fancy nonsense, but you do need to control your time and realize that most things just aren't as serious as you make them out to be.

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

Everyone is going to binge on a diet, for instance, so plan for it, schedule it, and contain the damage.

Unbeknownst to most fun-loving bipeds, not all stress is bad. Indeed, the New Rich don't aim to eliminate all stress. Not in the least.

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!