Let yourself be enchanted in small ways.

I have four kids in a private school who have not yet entered college. Their tuition is what keeps me motivated. Life is simple sometimes.

Writing is the starting point from which all goodness (and crappiness) flows.

An MBA is a great degree for career paths like investment banking, finance, consulting, and large companies. An MBA is not necessarily the right path for starting a tech company. You should be building a prototype, not getting an MBA in that case.

It's hard to build community around mediocre and mundane writing.

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.

If you don't toot your own horn, don't complain that there's no music.