Determination and persistence are melded together. Their basis comes from people who stay hungry and don`t allow themselves to get too comfortable. Entering a comfort zone is the fastest way to kill your drive and determination, at which point you begin to accept whatever you have as being "good enough." There is no self-esteem in accepting the status quo. There are tremendous emotional and psychological rewards that come with pushing yourself to break through past limits and, in the process, creating something of value for yourself and others.

Problems are the gifts that make us dig out and figure out who we are, what we're made for, and what we're responsible to give back to life.

It's a good idea not to major in minor things.

It's not that diabetes, heart disease, and obesity runs in your family...It's that no one runs in you family!

Let's face it, we're not about to earn our way to wealth. That's a mistake millions of Americans make. We think that if we work harder, smarter, longer, we'll achieve our financial dreams, but our paycheck alone-no matter how big-isn't the answer.

I can help someone grow their business 130% in 12 to 18 months only because I've done that with so many of my own and have faced so many challenges.

Remember: courage, unused, diminishes. Commitment, unexercised, wanes. Love, unshared, dissipates.