Poverty, I realized, wasn't only a lack of financial resources; it was isolation from the kind of people that could help you make more of yourself.

In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity

The currency of real networking is not greed but generosity.

To build authentic relationships you need to lead with generosity & serve them first

You have to envision yourself winning to win.

In business, we often say that your best customers are the customers you have now. In other words, your most successful sales leads come from the selling you've already done.

When we are truly passionate about something we are contagious.

When you help someone through a health issue, positively impact someone's personal wealth, or take a sincere interest in their children, you engender life-bonding loyalty.

I believe that every conversation you have is an invitation to risk revealing the real you.

People who instinctively establish a strong network of relationships have always created great businesses.

Success in any field, but especially in business is about working with people, not against them.

If life is a prison, then death is the ultimate freedom.

I learned American Sign Language in college and seemed to pick it up rather quickly. I really love to sign and wish that I had more friends to sign with.

The human longing for story is so powerful, so primitive, that it seems like something not learned, but locked into our genes.

Not surprisingly, work-life moaners tend to be a phenomenon of below-average performers.

I would love to make a bunch of country demos and write country songs for really great country singers.

Can't make chicken salad out of chicken noodle

We’re in the business of luxury and there’s nothing more luxurious than being good to people, being respectful of them.

I run in a pair of New Balances with a thinner sole, but they're nothing like those barefoot shoes that show all five toes. I have a bit of a phobia about those.

Sound investing can make you very wealthy if you're not in too big a hurry

My chief joy is to photograph the great in heart, in mind, and in spirit, whether they be famous or humble.