All living things come hardwired with certain traits and characteristics that are part of our nature, meaning that these things come naturally to us: they're what we're meant to do, and they're how universal intelligence flows though us best. Birds gotta fly, fish gotta swim, etc.

Technology gets a bad rap for keeping us glued to our screens instead of being present with whomever is around us, and while this can be true, it also allows us to connect with billions of people all over the world. For free.

If something bothers you, focus on the solution or the desired outcome, not the part that has you spinning out in the middle of the night.

If the point of an activity is to be relaxing, changing that point to money isn't a great idea. Then you have to show up for it differently, and that can take the fun out of it, absolutely. I'm a big fan of turning your hobbies into businesses, but not if it's the hobby you do to relax and unplug.

I find that in my own life and with the people I've been coaching, when people make the decision to get rich, they're available to do things that are outside of their comfort zones and stretch themselves.

Our 'realities' are make-believe - whatever we make ourselves believe, we experience.

Take lots of walks. It's the best way to discover your world, both inner and outer.

If you hang out with a bunch of sad sacks who think the world sucks and there's no possibility, you'll start to believe that. But if you hang out with people who think everything is possible and actually do the impossible on a regular basis, you will believe that, and you will be able to achieve that.

Talk to strangers. They're never who you think they are at first.

When you understand that making, saving, and spending money is all based on the thoughts you're thinking and the actions that these thoughts lead to, you can completely transform your reality - and your bank account.

You must go after the things you desire like your life depends on it, because guess what? Your life does depend on it. The life you truly want to live does.

We don't even realize how loaded of a topic money is. We've got really serious judgments on it.

It actually is a lot easier to get rich than one would think.

Back in the day, I was always broke and was living in a converted garage at the age of 40, and then I decided I was unavailable to live my life with that reality, so I decided to change it.

Scare yourself every day, and do something that makes you feel totally excited and totally terrified.

I've read, like, 10,000 self-help books.

When I meditate, I can feel an energy that is much bigger than me but is also part of me, and it's a very powerful energy.

My big journey was around money. I was a successful writer, I was a musician, but I was just always broke.

Being cool was always very important to me, but I decided to get rich, so I went for it.

I was broke into my forties.

If you are a human being in modern society on planet Earth, you need money to do pretty much everything, especially to grow into a more expansive version of yourself.

Sometimes, if the people in your life really drag you down, you need to stop spending time with them.

If you want to change your life, you have to do things you've never done before.

We notice in others only those things that relate to ourselves. For example, you could find someone hilarious and brilliant, and I could find the same person idiotic and annoying. It's the same person doing the same thing, but because we are viewing them from our own unique perspectives, they mirror back to us something different.

I have more experience than I care to have on what it feels like to be broke, confused, and frustrated when it comes to money.

A sense of urgency is motivating.

If you're confident, then you don't feel weird about showing your vulnerability and opening yourself up to learning from somebody else. Insecure people stay where they are because they're afraid of admitting their weaknesses.

We love to commiserate and troubleshoot and prepare for the worst, and gratitude yanks us out of that and reminds us of the ridiculous amount of infinite blessings that are around us at all times.

People tend to create drama and make things far worse than they are in reality.

If you're taking a risk and you are not scared in some way, you're doing something wrong.

Make an effort to do the things that you enjoy instead of being lazy about it. Life is worth the hassle.

Treat everyone on Earth like you're staying in their home. Because you are.

People who truly love their lives are the most inspiring people of all.

Pay attention to how you think and speak, and if it turns out that you're sounding snide or crappy or doubtful, make the conscious decision to change.

I'm in trouble with some activist women because I refuse to say I'm bisexual.

For the vast majority of my adult life, I was a freelance writer, forever scrambling for work that paid an insulting non-amount.

We are on this planet but once, and to spend it holding back our gushing appreciation of the things that light us up is a shameful waste.

People love to tell you what you should and shouldn't want, regardless of what you have to say about it.

Yes, there will be challenges, and things will blow up in your face, but learning experiences are different from wasting your life pushing a boulder up a hill.