The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they overrule the hierarchy.
There'll always be serendipity involved in discovery.
If you're not doing something that people will remark on, then it's going to be hard to generate word of mouth.
You can work long, hard, or smart, but at Amazon.com you can’t choose two out of three.
Effective process is not bureaucracy. Bureaucracy is senseless process.
One of the huge mistakes people make is that they try to force an interest on themselves. You don't choose your passions; your passions choose you.