Read every book, blog, website, whatever, about what you want to be an expert in.

If you spend a lot of energy on things that are wastes of time, then you waste energy, get sick, and die faster.

The first rule of personal finance is that it’s not personal and it’s not financial. It’s about your ability to make ten changes and not get too depressed over it.

Everyone is an entrepreneur. The only skills you need to be an entrepreneur: an ability to fail, an ability to have ideas, to sell those ideas, to execute on those ideas, and to be persistent...

When I was 22, I was thrown out of graduate school and then fired from three jobs in a row at higher and higher salaries where I saved nothing.

Poker is a charismatic game. People who are larger than life play poker and make their living from playing games and hustling.

Branding jails corporate America, but honesty sets entrepreneurs free.

I’ve had to change careers several times. Sometimes because my interests changed. Sometimes because all bridges have been burned beyond recognition, sometimes because I desperately needed money. And sometimes just because I hated everyone in...

Being a leader doesn’t mean you are the guy who runs things.

The best, very best scammers will always ask for your advice. This is their favorite technique. It makes them vulnerable. It flatters your ego.

Mistakes I’ve made in the past make me afraid to try new things in the future. I want to be perfect.

You can say no to people who make you feel bad about yourself. To people who backstab you or make you feel anxious in any way.

If two people believe in the same story, they might be thousands of miles apart and total strangers, but they still have a sense they can trust each other.

Whenever things are good, I always worry about what could go wrong.

Poker is a skill game pretending to be a chance game.

Every tomorrow is determined by every today.

My grandfather was an illegal immigrant for the 60 or so years he was in the United States. I had another great-great-grandmother on my mom’s side who snuck in in a suitcase.

Being a leader doesn’t mean you created something or you did something great in the past or some other person has given you any kind of authority.

The people who know personal finance hide the money very carefully.

Money you lose you can always make back. But even five minutes of time lost is gone forever.

Life is better when your sinuses are clean, when your arteries are clean, and when your digestive tract is clean.

Most people are not good people. In business, in art, in almost every ‘world’ I’ve been in, most people I’ve meet are pretty gray to black. It takes practice to be the person who is...

Worry will never solve tomorrow’s problems. It will only take energy away from today.

Don’t sweat it if you are stuck in the corporate job right now. But begin to plan ahead. I know from much personal experience that it takes 1-3 years to transition from total scratch to...

Help is a conversation. If one side talks too much, the other side will get bored. So make sure you help back when you can.

Poor speakers create an artificial divide between themselves and the audience. They feel they need to do this in order to establish their own credibility.

Do what you do with love, and success is a natural symptom.

When I was 7 years old, I plagiarized, word for word, stories from science fiction magazines so my teachers would think I was smart.

People unconsciously know when you are not listening to them. Then they say ‘No’ to you.

Don’t buy into the 20-hours-a-day entrepreneur myth. You need to sleep 8 hours a day to have a focused mind.

Somebody has to be on stage, and some people have to be in the audience. That’s the only difference. Don’t put any thought as to why you are on the stage or how you need...

You can only make money doing what you love.

Honesty is about the scars. It’s about the blemishes. But it’s more than just bragging about failure, which could be a form of ego. It’s about truly helping people.

Here’s what a phone is: It’s a computer that has a little app on it that allows me to dial numbers and then talk to someone.

We all have faith in something: usually a mixture of some personal beliefs with modern science. I am not like that. Mostly I just believe in what personally has worked for me.

I saw ‘Star Wars’ when I was seven years old, and it changed my life.

You’re the average of the five people you spend your time with.

Products are valued higher than services.

Every day, you reinvent yourself. You’re always in motion. But you decide every day: forward or backward.

Take control of who you report to, what you do, what you create. Or start a business on the side. Deliver some value, any value, to anybody, to somebody, and watch that value compound into...

You’ll have to hire people to expand your business. But it’s a good discipline to really question if you need each and every hire.

I find that many entrepreneurs are trying to do everything when it would be cheaper and more time-efficient to delegate, even if there are monetary costs associated with that.

How great is it to just rest and be happy and not move when you don’t have to.

You can’t make money without selling something real. You can’t make something real without first imagination manifesting itself in your head. You can’t have imagination without surrendering yourself to an idea that you want to...

Being grateful is the bridge between the world of nightmares and the world where we are free to say no. It’s the bridge between the world of delusions and the world of creativity.It’s the power...

I’ve had lots of ups and downs. I’ve had situations where I’ve gone against the rules, and I’ve lost everything.

I keep track of my blog stats, Facebook subs, my Amazon rank, Twitter followers, Facebook likes per posts, my chess ranking. I get stressed when they all don’t go up.

Read every sentence you write out loud. If it sounds boring, kill it.

Happiness is just a positive perception from our brain. Some days, you will be unhappy. Our brain is a tool we use. It’s not who we are.

The only way to make real wealth is to get rid of your salary. In a salary, by definition, you are creating wealth for others, and you are creating a chain and handcuffs for yourself.