More Heart Than Talent: A Guide to Overcoming Adversity, Mastering Emotional Resilience, and Breaking Through to Success (Revised and Expanded Edition)

It is my firm conviction that talent is one of the most overrated attributes in determining what is required to be successful. Heart is what separates the average from the exceptional, and I have learned in life that heart beats talent every time. Show me a man or woman with heart and I'll show you a way to overcome someone else's talent.

Many people stay in their talent, afraid to take a risk. Any kind of success is going to involve risks and average people resist taking risks because they believe that they have to stay comfortable. To become the person you deserve to be, you have to get uncomfortable, you have to get out of the box, you have to be moving into the now; the present. This is where you're going to have to take some risks in order to change.

Changing isn't nearly as difficult as we perceive. You already are a brilliant person, you're a masterpiece in progress, and you have the ability to design your life rather than make a living.