Make sure you are the boss. I don't think I would encourage executives that work for me to blog. There can be only 1 public vision for an organization.

I hate politics. It's slimy. Any job where people pander for votes I don't like. The country has gotten so partisan that if you're not on my side, you're the enemy.

Money is a scoreboard where you can rank how you're doing against other people.

It's not in the dreaming, it's in the doing.

If given a choice between investing in someone who has read REWORK or has an MBA, I’m investing in REWORK every time. A must read for every entrepreneur.

Always wake up with a smile knowing that today you are going to have fun accomplishing what others are too afraid to do.

The only thing in your control is effort. That's all, and that's everything.

I don't care what anyone says. Being rich is a good thing.

Doesn't matter if the glass is half-empty or half-full. All that matters is that you are the one pouring the water.

I'm the one guy who says don't force the stupid people to be quiet - I want to know who the morons are.

It takes time, it's a grind. There are no shortcuts. You've got to grind and grind.

One of the Secrets in Life is to Make Stepping Stones out of Stumbling Blocks.

There's no substitute for work. There are no shortcuts. There are no secrets.

The sea drinks the air and the sun the sea.

Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?

I wanted to start working on something that had a lasting effect.

Faith is the element that builds the bridge in the absence of concrete evidence.

Quit worrying about people that are trying to hold you back. God knows how to move the wrong people out of your life and bring the right people in. He knows how to prepare you to Break Out.

If I were to wish for two things, they would be as much bandwidth as possible and ridiculously fast browser engines.

To disappear your complete self into a character is quite difficult. I've tried it 85 times, and I've succeeded two or three times.

You don't have to be one of the Elders. You don't have to be well known. You just have to be determined to care about people. That's all it takes.