Most people can do absolutely awe-inspiring things. Sometimes they just need a little nudge.

Awareness, even at a subconscious level, beats fancy checklists without it, track or you will fail.

You can lose money and make it back, you can't do that with time.

Excitement is the more practical synonym for happiness, and it is precisely what you should strive to chase. It is the cure-all. When people suggest you follow your "passion" or your "bliss," I propose that they are, in fact, referring to the same singular concept: excitement. This brings us full circle. The question you should be asking isn't, "What do I want?" or "What are my goals?" but "What would excite me?"

The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That's a bittersweet ending.

Being able to quit things that don't work is integral to being a winner

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