Everyone who became great at something has a similar story: For years, they worked on their craft every day, even if they weren’t in the mood. Always pushing, practicing, working, and improvingYes it takes thousands of hours of practice, but that’s good news! It’s a clear path and it’s under your control.

If I’m not saying ‘Hell Yeah!’ to something, then I say no.

Programming languages are like girlfriends: The new one is better because *you* are better.

Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or promote someone—according to what's best for your customers.

In the end, it's about what you want to be, not what you want to have.

The single most important thing is to make people happy. If you are making people happy, as a side effect, they will be happy to open up their wallets and pay you.

Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.