What happens to us is not as important as the meaning we assign to it. Journaling helps sort this out.

Perfectionism is the mother of procrastination.

The most interesting things in life happen just on the other side of your comfort zone.

If you have a clear vision, you will eventually attract the right strategy. If you don't have a clear vision, no strategy will save you.

You lose your way when you lose your why.

Nothing will undermine your effectiveness as a leader faster than a bad marriage.

A goal is not just about what you accomplish. It’s about what you become.

You can't fail if you don't quit. You can't succeed if you don't start.

Leaders have the privilege and responsibility of going first. The most powerful way that anybody can lead is by example.

Most people spend more time planning a one-week vacation than they spend planning their life.

A readership crisis is really a leadership crisis.

Autumn is the mellower season, and what we lose in flowers we more than gain in fruits.

Fortune favours the bold.

Okay, well, if motion is the constant, how can I remain in motion?

Poles must understand history but we must also overcome it if it is obstructing our contemporary goals.

I don't have any particular expertise-I've never been a banker or an investment banker. But I did see an evolution in the system that I thought was problematic.

I believe in individuality, that everybody is special, and it's up to them to find that quality and let it live.

I've been in every disco in the world. I saw a picture of my wife Shakira and I dancing in Studio 54; I didn't even know someone had taken that picture.

Focus like a laser, not a flashlight

Don't choose. Accept life as it is in its totality.

Four times a year withdraw for three to four hours for the purpose of reorienting your life goals