Greatness is won, not awarded.

The most powerful sign is that your work no longer enchants you - it's not deep, delightful, and mutually satisfying. When this happens, it may be time to look for new challenges.

The hard part is implementing the decision, not making it.

Looking back on my own career, I've come to the conclusion that too much money is worse than too little.

Writing a book is as different from digital curation as night and day. Digital curation is a series of split-second decisions: good/no good. It can even be done algorithmically. Writing is process-intensive activity.

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.

A crash is when your competitor's program dies. When your program dies, it is an 'idiosyncrasy'.