“People are in such a hurry to launch their product or business that they seldom look at marketing from a bird’s eye view and they don’t create a systematic plan.”

Work is doing it. Discipline is doing it every day. Diligence is doing it well every day.

Money… is like a beautiful thoroughbred horse – very powerful & always in action, but unless this horse is trained when very young, it will be an out-of-control & dangerous animal when it grows to maturity.

You don’t build wealth with credit card rewards and airline miles. You can’t beat the credit card companies at their own game.

Study the habits of the people you want to be like and then imitate them. If they are succeeding, they must be doing something right.

Good things that cannot be calculated or quantified are set in motion in your life and in your finances when you give.

Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who execute them are not.

I would not pre-pay. I would invest instead and let the investments cover it.

Just keep taking the next step and keep having excellence in the ordinary.

In order to be a great marketer, you have to be focused and intense and look at scarcity, urgency, activity and passion in the marketplace.

If you will make the sacrifices now that most people aren’t willing to make, later on you will be able to live as those folks will never be able to live.

You must plan your work and then work your plan.

Opening your hands will set you free.

Knock out a small debt first so you get a quick win. Momentum is key.

When getting help with money, whether it is insurance, real estate or investments you should always look for a person with the heart of a teacher, not the heart of a salesman.

More wealth doesn’t fix your life. More wealth makes you more of what you already are.

At the end of the day we are not selling, we are serving.

A woman may be beautiful but have poor character. A man may be a business genius, making money left and right, but lack common courtesy, sensitivity, and compassion.

To make money in the markets, you have to think independently and be humble.

Isn’t it fitting that so many of those who have contempt for the private sector will soon find themselves back in it?

Everyone agrees that the failure of our high schools is tragic. It’s bad business, and it’s bad policy. But we act as if it can’t be helped. It can be helped. We designed these high schools; we can redesign them.

Being a lifestyle entrepreneur is about building a business around your lifestyle rather than a lifestyle around your business. You need to figure out what your ideal lifestyle is first.

My background was computer science and business school, so eventually I worked my way up where I was running product groups – development, testing, marketing, user education.

The whole point of being in this business and being blessed and being successful is that you’re able to do things for your friends or your family, which means that they can have something special in their lives, too.

Minding your business is how you call your power back.