Before our meeting, I was thinking about who am I to be telling anyone about what life’s practices are. I’m still trying to figure it out, I probably won’t ever. It’s a constant growth. For many people personal growth is an overwhelming proposition; to sort out and reprogram your outlook. But I doubt you can live your best life without going down the path of constant growth. I think you can find a lot of peace in starting to examine things that you can’t buy. Love, integrity, trust, relationships. If you have trust, that’s what love is to me.

Golf is a magical affair. It has spawned special friendships across class, race and position. In golf it is critical that you be both relaxed and attentive – a very tough combination. That same combination is also the critical combination in the pursuit of business.

I guess my philosophy and actions come from my realization that the best experiences I have ever had have been in nature. My best memories come from real, earthy experiences. Being in touch with nature is a form of enlightenment for me because it can inspire and offer me experiences that can not be produced or re-created.

I need to be laughing. I really seek to find situations and places that will make me laugh. So I’m attracted more to people who I can have that sort of more crazy, fun dimension. I find, especially as I get older that one of the ways to do that is to have friendships across generations. That, I think, is a really important piece of feeling richer inside.

Balance is so important. Are you playing an instrument? Learning a language? Planning an interesting trip? Sometimes the professional opportunities are so tantalizing that we give them 120% without thinking about other things that add dimension to life. You never give it your best when you give it everything.

Finding great mentors and latching onto great teachers has been key to my making the most of my life. Even in formal education, I believe one should always focus on how to learn more about life. The quality of the teachers is more important even than the subject matter.