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

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

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

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

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.

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