Starting every year, before I booked anything, or agreed to any meetings or conferences, we’d sit down with my assistant and we looked at our lives first. We planned that out first, and then what was left would be left for work.

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"Don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have because history has shown us that courage can be contagious and hope can take on a life of its own."

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"Grief and resilience live together."

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"The fact is, with every friendship you make and every bond of trust you establish, you are shaping the image of America projected to the rest of the world."

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"Success isn’t about how much money you make; it’s about the difference you make in people’s lives."

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"Your story is what you have, what you will always have. It is something to own."

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- Jim Rohn

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"Relentlessly prune bullshit, don’t wait to do things that matter, and savor the time you have. That’s what you do when life is short."

- Paul Graham

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"Don’t count the days, make the days count."

- Muhammad Ali

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"Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going."

- Sam Levenson

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"It’s not about having time. It’s about making time."

- Unknown

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