It got a little stressful in my first two years of high school, trying to make conference calls with investors in between classes, but I definitely learned a lot of important time-management lessons.

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

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

If frequency with which you cite an education credential does not decrease over the course of your life, you’re not accomplishing very much.

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

If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea.