"Struggles With Irregular Sleep Patterns: You feel like you're on the back foot from the moment you get up because by the time you finally get yourself out of bed, depending on if you're talking about a period when I had a job or when I didn't, which even I can't believe that that's actually true in my lives, but there was life, there was extended periods of time where I didn't have a job and then times where I did."

"Importance of Structure and Discipline in Life: Imagine the amount of momentum that you can create in your life when you act like that."

"Sleep Hygiene Tips: But if you're not laying down and doing something to shut your brain off, then you're not going to fall asleep. And if you're watching TV with blue light pounding into your eyes, then don't be surprised when you have a hard time falling asleep. Get yourself in a position that you're actually going to be able to get out of problem solving mode into relaxation mode, feeling sleepy, dark light, no blue light, no staring at your computer, no checking Twitter to see how many people have commented on some stupid thing that you said."

"Importance of Positive Self-Talk and Persistence": "You become what you repeat. So if you're repeating that you're an idiot, that you don't love yourself, that will become true. Now self worth is a very complicated topic that is beyond the scope of this conversation, but just know that you do become what you repeat, so be very thoughtful."

"The Power of Personal Accountability: 'My life is an exact reflection of my choices, and that I made my day a little bit worse by not doing what I said I was going to do.'"

"Work-Life Balance Strategies: So even though I'll keep working up until I go to bed at 9, as I get later into the evening, I do things that are far more predictable and less stressful. I have not found that to be problematic at all, as long as it's a certain type of work, like doing research is my go to for being in bed, so I can really begin to relax and calm down."

"Importance of Discipline: You're never going to achieve anything meaningful unless you develop discipline."

"Accountability and Desire: 'That way there's accountability. Then I'm gonna score myself at the end of that session. Did I show up? Did I start when I said I was gonna start? Did I go hard the whole time? And by doing that, I'm gonna hold myself accountable.' ... 'the reality is they just don't want it badly enough. And when you realize that that's not an indictment on you as a person, that's a simple statement about the fact that desire is a process.'"

"Passion and Persistence: 'Because you can do anything you want in life, just not everything. Now if you're as angered by that notion as I am, you realize whatever it is you're going to give yourself over to and do all the way, it needs to be something that you are really on fire about.'"

"Passion Driving Success": "Now, you wanna find something, a spark of something and really turn that into this raging inferno of I am not prepared to live in a world where that's true and now I'm gonna show up every day and I'm gonna fight. Make sure you focus it, get it specific to a person. Don't let it be abstract."