I Can't Make This Up

Life is a story. It’s full of chapters. And the beauty of life is that not only do you get to choose how you interpret each chapter, but your interpretation writes the next chapter.

Life is a story. It’s full of chapters. And the beauty of life is that not only do you get to choose how you interpret each chapter, but your interpretation writes the next chapter. It determines whether it’s comedy or tragedy, fairy tale or horror story, rags-to-riches or riches-to-rags.

If you don’t believe in your own greatness, no one else will. You’re limited only by your doubts, your fears, and your desire to fit in rather than stand out

This book is not the story of my life—it is the story of my foundation. The construction of my life is still in progress

If you grind hard enough and stay true to yourself, all your dreams will come true—even the ones you’ve forgotten about

Success is not an excuse to stop; it’s a reason to move the goalposts farther out and accelerate. There is no destination, just a journey. And that journey is to keep building on top of what I’m building

Education is the only area where I spoil my kids rotten. When it comes to opportunities to get better, I am the deliverer

How you handle rejection is very similar to how you’ll handle success. If you’re strong enough to handle rejection without taking it personally, without holding a grudge, and without losing your passion and drive, then you’ll be strong enough to reap the rewards. But if you’re too weak to handle failure and disappointment, then you’re too weak to handle success, which will only end up damaging your life and happiness

Often, it’s been the opportunities I most undervalue in my life that end up providing the most value

I don’t know why it took me so long to go through with the divorce. I guess I hadn’t expected to fall in love again