I to the We means that both the individual's effort and the power of the network matter, and they work in tandem. Someone with no skill won't get very far, no matter how strong the network. Similarly, someone with lots of skill but a weak network won't realize his or her fullest potential. So, you need both.

I've always loved to write, and I kept a diary of what I thought about my business, being an entrepreneur and other things of interest to me.

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

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

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

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

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