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

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.

Sometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman.

I’m skeptical of passive learning. If you don’t write down what you’re hearing and learning, what the odds you remember it?

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

Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is talking to.

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