JESSE ITZLER

I've run 350 days a year for 20-plus years, and never once have I listened to music. It's a time for me to think, listen to natural sounds, be outside.

I am a big believer in PR.

The best gift you can give yourself is getting over the fear of embarrassment because then you're completely free to try anything.

I used to delay doing stuff that I just didn't want to deal with - things like putting the garden hose away properly or doing the dishes right after dinner. Now I have this little voice in my head that says, 'I know you don't want to do this, but just do it anyway.' In other words, there's far less stuff that I put off until tomorrow.

Running is my meditation.

I'm not crazy in my head. Maybe in everybody else's.

Anytime you take someone's money, that puts enormous pressure. But I think if you want the most reward, you have to take the most risk.

I like the concept of 'have your cake and eat it, too.'

Running has become so therapeutic for me because I block out all thoughts or get really crystal clear business ideas.

When I was 24, I realized I could never be one of the best rappers, but I knew I had some of the best ideas.

A lot people who hear that 'Go New York Go' assume that I must be black.

Before I left for American University, my mother told me to sign up for everything I could: to take advantage of everything from on-campus lectures to sports and social events to the amazing D.C. culture.

You have to learn to get comfortable being uncomfortable. You have to be willing to get out of your comfort zone and push your limits.

At a young age, I realized that getting letters is exciting.

Failure has never been a signal for me to quit; it's always been a sign for me to go down another path.

In a bar, you never know what to expect. A place could be packed, but there might only be five girls there.

As an entrepreneur, you are constantly playing in uncharted territory, and sometimes things don't work out. That doesn't mean you failed; it just means you may be off course.

If I'm ordering power bars online, I'll order 480. Everything is times-10 in my life.

P Street in D.C. is one of the worst areas in the city. Some of the things I saw, the things I experienced, the things we came through, really gave me a whole new perspective on life.

I feel like I'd invested so much in the physical side of my life: running marathons - I brought a SEAL into my house - I have a trainer. But I've invested very little on the inner work, and in a world of distractions, I felt like to have the whole picture, I really had to spend a little time alone and work on being present.

No experience is necessary to push yourself past what you think you can do.

Routines can be a rut.

Do everyday things in a new way to get the brain thinking in new ways.

When your brain tells you are done, you are only 40% done.

You can learn a lot when you're around people that are completely different than yourself.