Sometimes Plan B can have the same desired outcome, but a different path for getting there.

Taking on short term risk can involve switching jobs, joining new groups / associations in the area, launching a personal blog, running an experiment within your existing job. These are some practical ways to inject volatility into your life, and thus some risk.

Talk to people no one else is talking to. Who would have thought that giving a speech at a funeral at age 12 would introduce me to a man who would introduce me to my first business contact who would introduce me to several other important people in my life. That's luck. That's randomness.

Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.

Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion.

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something.

I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history.