#5
"Keep you cards close to your chest. Your success is to their detriment; your failure is to their enjoyment. People don't want to be reminded that someone is doing better than them. They'd rather hear about your failures, so that their own don't seem as damaging."
#4
"Most people talk about problems. They're easier to discuss. The harder thing to do is talk solutions. Although anyone willing to do that over complaints is destined for great things. Be a solution seeker, don't take the easy route."
#3
"You have to free yourself of doubt. It's a poison that will infect your brain and cause you to lose your motivational capacity."
#2
"The sooner you stop caring what people think of you, the sooner you can grow and flourish; your growth is paralyzed by your reliance on everyone else's opinion. Once you realize your own is good enough, monumental changes happen."
#1
"Friendship is not based on obligations. If you and someone else are keeping score on who did what for whom, that isn't a friendship - it's an arrangement."