Try stuff. I also used to believe that it's better to be smart than lucky because if you're smart you can out-think the competition. I don't believe that anymore-this is not to say that you should strive for a high level of stupidity. My point is that luck is a big part of many successes, so (a) don't get too bummed out when you see a bozo succeed; and (b) luck favors the people who try stuff, not simply think and analyze. As the Chinese say, "One must wait for a long time with your mouth open before a Peking duck flies in your mouth."

If you look at my Twitter feed it is 99% links, but 1% is me responding and 1% of a big number is a big number.

You have to sit by the side of a river a very long time before a roast duck will fly into your mouth.

You’ll learn that the key to a great book is editing-grindin g, buffing, and polishing-not writing.

The two most important things about people on a revolutionary team are their ability and passion. Their educational level or work experience is meaningless--most of the engineers who did ground-breaking work of the Macintosh design didn't even graduate from college.

Create something, sell it, make it better, sell it some more and then create something that obsoletes what you used to make.

Money is not the sole or most powerful motivation for many people. A higher and tougher test is to look back and see how you've made the world a better place.