"Just because you work, doesn't mean you're working on the right thing."

"Never trust a person that tries to sell you by how righteous they are. I'm telling your right now, it's a scam."

"Doubt manifests itself in indecision."

"We're all scared.Yes, all of us. I'm afraid every day. If I'm not afraid, I must not be doing something I need to be doing. I believe that when you're doing important work, you feel fear because you don't want to fail. The challenge is to not let the fear stop you from doing the work that will enable you to achieve your goals. You need to recognize the fear for what it is and allow your "why (your compelling vision) for what you're doing be bigger than the fear itself.So where do you start? Identify your fears. As they say, "name it to tame it." Then, move forward."

"Give your idea a chance. You'll never hit a home run (or a base hit for that matter) if you don't swing."

"Creatives Creed: Destruction is creation. Creation is destruction."

"That challenge you have right now...it's not a wall, it's a door. It's meant to be opened. Get a handle on the situation and open it."

"Work-Life Freedom > Work-Life Balance."

"People LOVE change (when it's about changing others). People HATE change (when it's about changing themselves)."

"START: Serve, Thank, Ask, Receive, Trust."

"You can't judge a man by the way he reacts when things go right, but by the way he reacts when things go wrong."

"Action is the bridge between thought and reality."

"A brand is a person that has a voice, evokes emotion and spreads a message. Build a brand or a brand will build you. Create your personal brand. If you don't build your own brand, you will let someone else brand you with the wrong label."

"No one is in business for business' sake. People are in business because their life is at stake."

"Live to start your stupid ideas, and start to live a life without regret--a life filled with meaning, freedom, happiness, fun, authenticity, and influence."

"Don't wait. Start stuff."

"Where there is no integrity, there is no unity."

"The Great Wall of Facebook:Having just visited the Great Wall of China, I'm thinking about the walls we build on FB. They are real. They keep people in and others out.Build your wall carefully by answering this question:What are you building your wall around?"

"I believe in solving social ills with business skills."

"Influence creates affluence. Affluence does not create influence. Affluence makes you more of who you already are."

"Mission matching: an ask that creates synergistic congruence (aka win-win) between missions."

"Selling is a sacred trust between buyer and seller."

"What story will your life tell? Love your story. Live your story. Lead your story."

"People who make big promises can also make big lies. Trust first, but exercise smart trust. You can be the most productive and most effective, but politics show up as ego and jealousy for bosses who can't perform. If your job or task is codependent, you can be sabotaged. Always seek interdependence and people who are authentic at the core, not blue in the face."

"If self-employment is the opposite of employed-by-other, than a job is outsourcing your freedom (time and talent) to a boss."

"If you want an incredibly passionate, happy, ALIVE business don't overcomplicate things. Once all is said and done, the foundational elements of a successful business are very simple: respect, service, value and sales. Comparatively, everything else is froth."

"Credibility comes from results. Everything else is just marketing."

"Bad boss? Fire him/her. When you're interviewing for a job, You're job is to interview them. You are an equal."

"Rule 1: Be kind.Rule 2: Don't be a doormat when they step on you.Kindness and sticking up for yourself go hand in hand if you want happiness."

"Unless your message is that you have no message, you need a message."

"Work is meant to create a desired outcome. If your work is not creating the dream, what are you working on?"

"If you're not scared every day, you're not pushing hard enough."

"Trust. And be trusted."

"If you have time to write a business plan, you have time to prove the model. Just sayin."

"Do you have a personal mantra? Mine comes from a childhood song. "Wherever I go the grass grows greener."

"WE MAY FEEL...BUT WE DON'TWe may feel the need to change employment, but we don't.We may feel the need to start a specific project, but we don't.We may feel the need to pursue higher education, but we don'tWe may feel the need to heal a broken relationship, but we don't.We may feel the need to work to improve our spiritual lives, but we don't.We may feel the need to take steps toward a healthier physical or emotional life for ourselves and/or our family, but again, we don't.(This list could likely go on for eternity.)The desire for progression is innate, but the problem we face is that the actual act of progression is also a choice.Without embracing our inherent need for progress, for positive growth and/or change, we'll still go on living....But at what cost?"

"The definition of management is literally "control," but the definition of true leadership is love."

"Like creating a masterpiece, quitting is an art: you have to decide what to keep within the frame and what to keep out."

"The key ingredient in engaging the power available from service is motive."

"If high aspirations = high fear, overcoming high fear = achieving high aspirations."

"Truly being authentic is knowing what matters to you, on the deepest level of who you are, and committing always to act from that authentic center."

"Have the STRENGTH to say "no to the status quo. Have the WILL to listen to the deepest desires of your heart.Have the COURAGE to ACT on and live out your intent."

"Success is a process, not an event."

"Fear is the freaky troll under the bridge that leads to achievement."

"Don't wait to be compelled to do great work."

"No one knows your inner battle. No one knows the challenge you face. No one knows the sacrifice it takes to do what you do. But you're not alone."

"Dreams come true when you live life awake."

"The parents of politics are lack of control and seeking to control. The parents of leadership are influence and trust."

"I cannot stress how important and effective it is to leverage the principles of S.T.A.R.T. - Serve. Thank. Ask. Receive. Trust."

"Pondering the legitimate modern day problem of intellectual bullies. Self-proclaimed smarties attacking the innocent. They revel in being politically correct, all-loving and open-minded while not applying these principles to themselves.The ultimate double standard in the name of truth and acceptance. It's sad.This is not a post about anyone in particular. This is an observation over years.Have you seen it? Call it out when you do.The offender won't know what to do because they know that you know their game."