Some of the most profound realizations that I came to about health did not derive from medicine, but derived from surfing.
Learning. It's really the primary reason behind everything I do. Programming, entrepreneuring, writing.
Business is not about money. It's about making dreams come true for others and for yourself.
Whatever excites you, go do it. Whatever drains you, stop doing it.
Steve Jobs gave a small private presentation about the iTunes Music Store to some independent record label people. My favorite line of the day was when people kept raising their hand saying, "Does it do [x]?", "Do you plan to add [y]?". Finally Jobs said, "Wait wait - put your hands down. Listen: I know you have a thousand ideas for all the cool features iTunes could have. So do we. But we don't want a thousand features. That would be ugly. Innovation is not about saying yes to everything. It's about saying NO to all but the most crucial features.
Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.
Customer service is the new marketing.
It's always been jewelry, clothes, appearance. Those are things that compete with the car. But the car is the ultimate. Get that car right and it doesn't matter what you got on or what you wear once you step out of that car.
I suddenly realized I was a writer of wide reputation and most of it bad.
I've had a five- or six-year down-spell as a writer, and now that most of the other contracts are cleared or down to the last book, I have a chance to do what I want to do - specifically, something set in New Orleans.
NATO members must finally contribute their fair share and meet their financial obligations.