Being busy is a form of laziness - lazy thinking and indiscriminate action. Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions.

What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

If you don't have time, the truth is, you don't have priorities. Think harder; don't work harder.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

The best way to counter-attack a hater is to make it blatantly obvious that their attack has had no impact on you.

The way we measure productivity is flawed. People checking their BlackBerry over dinner is not the measure of productivity.

I'll repeat something you might consider tattooing on your forehead: What we fear doing most is usually what we most need to do.

That's precisely the question everyone should be asking-why the hell not? - Why not you, why not now.

Money doesn't change you; it reveals who you are when you no longer have to be nice.

Luxury, to me, is not owning a lot of stuff. Luxury, to me, is feeling unrushed.

Slow down and remember this: Most things make no difference. Being busy is a form of mental laziness-lazy thinking and indiscriminate action.

I have learned that as soon as you introduce controls on human behavior, you lose the game, particularly when those controls are at odds with the work.

Friendship is honey but don't eat it all.

Preparing for the worst is an activity I have taken up since I turned thirty-five and the worst actually began to happen.

We learned many years ago that the rich may have money, but the poor have time.

Sometimes I write stuff that strangely predicts what's going to happen in my life.

Growing up, I liked all the stuff that everyone else was listening to, like Motown, but the biggest group of all was The Beatles.

[Every age], however destitute of science or virtue, sufficiently abounds with acts of blood and military renown.

I enjoy travelling the world, but nowhere beats Walsall.

The champions are the team with the most points...if United have more points, it means they have more points, that's all. Nothing else.

Critics only make you stronger. You have to look at what they are saying as feedback. Sometimes the feedback helps, and other times, it's just noise that can be a distraction.