The people who don't have a great life are the ones who settle for a good one.

It occurs to me,Jim,that you spend too much time trying to be interesting. Why don't you invest more time being interested?" Collin's advice from John Gardner that he took to heart.

Good is the enemy of great. That's why so few things become great.

Don't be interesting - be interested.

Discipline should amplify creativity rather than stifle it.

People need BHAGs - big hairy audacious goals.

The inner experience of fallure is totally different than failure. Going to fallure means 100% commitment - you leave nothing in reserve, no mental or physical resource untapped, you never give yourself a psychological out. Failure means making a decision to let go, to be less than 100% committed, when confronted by fear, pain and uncertainty.