The bottom line is that if people do not like work that you do, and the process of working with you, they will not promote you, they will not give you raises, they will not give you more rewarding work, and they will not help you advance your career.

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Now you cannot like everyone you work with (unless you run a company, like I do, and only hire the best, brightest and nicest people on Earth).

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You turn down acquisition offers because you need to run the show, and you feel like your team is the best in the world and you can do anything with hard work.

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That basic idea that if you work hard, no matter where you come from, no matter what you look like, no matter what the circumstances of your birth, if you work hard you can do well enough to raise a family and own a home, send your own kids to college, put a little bit away for retirement.

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How do you work through all the complicated questions like verifying all the books in my library?

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Simply get organized and track the details of the work you do properly, using tools and advice from sites like, LearnVest.com, my absolute go-to.

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And just looking around, this looks like a fun place to work. (Laughter.) The work you do here, as we just heard, is making homes more energy efficient, it's saving people money, it's generating jobs and it's putting America on the path to a clean energy future.

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In his capacity as owner of the Dallas Mavericks Cuban likes to do things like work out with the team, and in the footage that occasionally surfaces you can practically hear the players rolling their eyes: Good shot, Mr. Cuban!

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