I grew up poor in India, and there were days when we struggled to find food and other basic necessities. Our mother worked odds and ends jobs to keep the family together and educate us.

Neuroplasticity research showed that the brain changes its very structure with each different activity it performs, perfecting its circuits so it is better suited to the task at hand.

Great entrepreneurs focus intensely on an opportunity where others see nothing.

Success doesn’t necessarily come from breakthrough innovation but from flawless execution. A great strategy alone won’t win a game or a battle; the win comes from basic blocking and tackling.

The day you become humble is the day you become successful.

Call it the Tiger Mom effect: In the business world today, failure is apparently not an option.

When you experience a failure as a leader, don't hide it - talk about it. Your missed opportunity will encourage others to take risks.

The real metric of success isn't the size of your bank account. It's the number of lives in whom you might be able to make a positive difference.

Think so big, so audacious that people will think you are crazy.

Success is not how much money you have in a bank. Success is how many lives you have touched.

Stay focused on the mission.

Kyle clapped his hands together. “Goody! The Zoe dates back some 3000 years to when the Greek gods ruled.”“Who’s Zoe?” I interjected.Kyle huffed. “It’s not a who, it’s a what.

The uneducated person perceives only the individual phenomenon, the partly educated person the rule, and the educated person the exception.

Behind every successful man is a surprised woman!

To secure to each laborer the whole product of his labor, or as nearly as possible, is a worthy object of any good government.

Broken Bells reminds me how much fun I have making music.

I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.

I appreciate people who try and use language in an interesting way.

My body, plowed by your body, will turn into a field where one is sown and a hundred reaped.

Design is the last great competitive advantage.

Why is it that the stupidest people are always the most good-natured?