“My mother always said — ‘don’t offer unsolicited advice.  Because fools don’t listen, and wise men (and women) don’t need it.”

“I go through life, ‘consciously oblivious to most things around me.’   I’m not checked out, nor am I playing some kind of mind game.  And what I am up to is certainly not about someone else’s priorities for me.  I am just very intentional with my own time.  I am focused.” John Hope Bryant

Once you understand who you are, and once you start the process of becoming ‘reasonably comfortable in your own skin,’ you immediately realize that other people are not able to destroy you, nor can they create a future for you. Only you can do that.

“If I had to choose between making more money or having more time, I would ask for more time…and I could make more money.”

“Focus Rule #1: Be ruthless about your own time. And obsessive about your own passions too.”