Branding jails corporate America, but honesty sets entrepreneurs free.

The reality is: when you're slouched over, not only are you not using the full potential of your brain, but you look untrustworthy.

The people who don't know personal finance have TV shows about it.

I'm a big believer in minimalism. Not materialist minimalism, although that's part of it, but time and energy minimalism. The body is given only so much energy a day.

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

I want every idea I have to make me money. I want every post I write to have 10,000 Facebook likes. I want every talk I give to have people laughing at all the right jokes. I want everyone to like me all the time.

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 making a living from home in any career you want.

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

Nobody wants to make me a rich man. In fact, most people want to make me a very poor man. I can guarantee some people fantasize at night about how poor they can make me.

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 to be 'better' than the people in the audience. You aren't better. You're simply the speaker.

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

Procrastination is your body telling you you need to back off a bit and think more about what you are doing.

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

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.

Technology, outsourcing, a growing temp staffing industry, productivity efficiencies, have all replaced the middle class.

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

Products are valued higher than services.

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

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.

We are incredibly poor predictors of our future.

Quantity and persistence will get you the outcomes you need.

Every game, and almost every life situation, has short cuts: ways you can get better without learning the entire literature of the game from beginning to end.

Most people don't have the power of persuasion.

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.