The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber.

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.

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

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

I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work.

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

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.