» Miss a meal if you have to, but don't miss a book.
» The book you don't read won't help.
» If you don't like how things are, change it! You're not a tree.
» Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know.
» Take advantage of every opportunity to practice your communication skills so that when important occasions arise, you will have the gift, the style, the sharpness, the clarity, and the emotions to affect other people.
» Give whatever you are doing and whoever you are with the gift of your attention.
» It doesn't matter which side of the fence you get off on sometimes. What matters most is getting off. You cannot make progress without making decisions.
» When you know what you want, and want it bad enough, you will find a way to get it.
» Without a sense of urgency, desire loses its value.
» Take time to gather up the past so that you will be able to draw from your experience and invest them in the future.