A piece of writing has to seduce the reader; it has to suspend disbelief and earn the reader's trust..

If you want to give yourself a fair chance to succeed, never expect too much too soon.

The virtue of losing is we get used to the fact that competing and to lose doesn't kill you. It just makes you stronger. It just helps you get used t….

I used to want to change the world. Now I'm open to letting it change me..

Curiosity is a raw and genuine sign from deep inside our tangled psyches, and we'd do well to follow the direction it points us in..

Who you are is more important than what you do. The goal is to bring what you do in alignment with who you are, so you don’t end up being someone you….

There is nothing more genuine than breaking away from the chorus to learn the sound of your own voice..

There's a powerful transformative effect when you surround yourself with like-minded people. Peer pressure is a great thing when it helps you accompl….

A conventional ‘success’ story is one where, with each next, the protagonist has more money, more respect, and more possessions. I’d like to suggest ….

A surgeon might want to be the best surgeon in Manhattan, but out on Long Island on the weekend, not care at all how he is on the tennis courts or on….

We all make mistakes, but we need to learn from them and move on. You can own a mistake, or the mistake will own you..

Obese kids watch no more television than kids who aren't obese. All the thin kids watch massive amounts of television, too. There is no statistical c….

‎It's not easy / It's not supposed to be easy / Most people make mistakes / Most people have to learn the hardest lessons more than once..

Failure is hard, but success is far more dangerous. If you're successful at the wrong thing, the mix of praise and money and opportunity can lock you….

Good competitive skills means not just to compete hard, but to selectively compete, to harness your energy for the things that matter and, in some ca….

Make sure your characters are worth spending ten hours with. That’s how long it takes to read a book. Reading a book is like being trapped in a room ….

People thrive by focusing on the question of who they really are - and connecting that to work that they truly love ..

Testosterone is the hormone of collaboration and competition that, whenever we compete on a team, we collaborate with our teammates. And most of us i….

You know, kids need to feel like they're not being drowned out by superior competitors and they'll make that connection that, with a little more effo….

I used to use business to make money. But I've learned that business is a tool. You can use it to support what you believe in..

Allow for many paths to your goal. Do not fixate on one path, because then you are likely to give up when that path is blocked..