The more you understand what somebody wants, needs, and fears, the more you can figure out how to add value.

My definition of success is to live your life in a way that causes you to feel a ton of pleasure and very little pain - and because of your lifestyle, have the people around you feel a lot more pleasure than they do pain.

It's not the events of our lives that shape us, but our beliefs as to what those events mean.

Dr. Rosenberg has brought the simplicity of successful communication into the foreground. No matter what issue you're facing, his strategies for communicating with others will set you up to win every time.

If you want to take the island, then burn your boats. With absolute commitment come the insights that create real victory.

It's not what we do once in a while that shapes our lives. It's what we do consistently.

Regarding the psychological, your goal must not be "I need to lose X pounds" but "I'm going to regain my identity," whether as an athlete, a conservative, a sexual being, a together person, whatever.