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 don't want to be normal. I want to be something else.

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.

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

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

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