I think once you start traveling, you don't stop.

Stuff can't make you happy.

I would also write down my fears and look at them. When fears stay stuck inside your head, your imagination can go wild, torturing you with all the various negative possibilities and outcomes. But when you write them down, you clarify exactly what you are afraid of, and soon the power they hold over you will fade.

A good story transcends boundaries, breaks barriers, and opens doors. It is a key not only to starting a business but also to clarifying your own personal identity and choices. A.

People are hungry for success – that’s nothing new. What’s changed is the definition of that success. Increasingly, the quest for success is not the same as the quest for status and money. The definition has broadened to include contributing something to the world and living and working on one’s own terms.

Everyone belongs to some community, whether it’s based on your background, your home state, your college, or your favorite sports team. By identifying all the possible communities to which you belong, you may well find an affinity group – and a story – that helps get your business off the ground, secures your dream job, or lets you achieve whatever goal you are pursuing.

Learning how someone else is already doing the thing you want to do, or a version of it, can eliminate fear – every path is easier to follow when you see someone else’s footprints already on it.

With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand.

Giving does not just feel good, but it’s really, really good for business, and it’s good for your personal brand.

Simplicity is simple. Perhaps this sounds redundant. But it’s true, and it’s important.