“What is opportunity, and when does it knock? It never knocks. You can wait a whole lifetime, listening, hoping, and you will hear no knocking. None at all. You are opportunity, and you must knock on the door leading to your destiny. You prepare yourself to recognize opportunity, to pursue and seize opportunity as you [...]

You succeed when you are unreasonable. You neither give nor accept excuses. You insist on success. L. Ron Hubbard defines reasonableness as “faulty explanations.” When you agree with faulty explanations, you are too reasonable. Examples of faulty explanations: “I can’t repair your furnace today as it might rain.” The truth is, the repairman is going [...]

Dean Cooley, faculty, staff, distinguished guests, and, most importantly, the graduating class of 2007, it is a great privilege to speak at your commencement ceremonies. I thank Dean Cooley and Prof Marti Subrahmanyam for their kind invitation. I am exhilarated to be part of such a joyous occasion. Congratulations to you, the class of 2007, [...]

Sometimes the only way for me to discover what I want to do is to go ahead and do something. Then when I start to act, my feelings begin to clarify. This much, however, is certain: When I act from fear or when I act from condemnation, the results contain a disturbance. – Hugh Prather [...]

Rich London announced the next date of his personal empowerment “A Handbook for Life” seminars as Saturday, November 6, 2010 in Charlotte, North Carolina. Special pricing for students, Parkinson’s Patients, Cancer Patients, Healthcare workers and other Groups. Charlotte, NC, June 4, 2010 — Rich London will present his personal empowerment “A Handbook for Life” seminars [...]

Too Much to Do, Too Little Time The most common form of stress that managers experience is the feeling of being overwhelmed with far too much to do and having too little time to do it in. In fact, “time poverty” is the biggest single problem facing most managers in America today. We simply do [...]

The purpose of life is a life of purpose, said well-known chess player Robert Byrne. This quote is also often attributed to  acclaimed motivational speaker and author of Who Sold My Ferrari, Robin Sharma.