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In any given moment, one lives one's life in one of two ways: either under a threat or for a challenge. If imagination will take you everywhere, then living under a threat will take you nowhere.

Whatever you end up doing in this life, make sure above all that it's interesting. Because most likely you're going to spend a third of the rest of your life working for a living. And if what you do bores you, that means you're going to spend a third of the rest of your life being bored.

The world is hungry for professionalism. If you're professional and they're not — if you show up on time every morning and get the job done and they show up two hours later spouting clever excuses — then nine times out of ten, you will win and they will lose.

There's a lesson in this: never start out asking for someone you'd eventually settle for.

You get to make your own luck. Eighty percent of success in your career will come from just showing up. The world is run by those who show up — not those who wait to be asked.

It's your curiosity and enthusiasm that will get you noticed and make your life interesting — not your grade point average.

No one ever sets out to fail. But being afraid to fail means you'll be afraid to try. Playing it safe will get you nowhere.

Whatever you choose to do, do it with a childlike passion.

Remember that you must make the driving force in your life, love.

Live in the present. Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift — that's why it is called the present.

Get out of your comfort zone — better yet, get comfortable about being out of your comfort zone. Get yourself into the arena. Be a participant and not a spectator.

Hard work does not always pay off. If you're working on the wrong thing, it doesn't matter how hard you work, nothing will ever come of it. Hard work is important — just make sure you're working on the right thing.