Go with your gut instincts even if it is contrarian to what the "experts" suggest.
It's too bad failures don't give seminars. Wouldn't that be valuable? If you meet a guy who has messed up his life for forty years, you've just got to say, 'John, if I bring my journal and promise to take good notes, would you spend a day with me?'
Language designed to impress builds a gulf. Language to express builds a bridge.
Don't be anybody's follower, be a student.
If kids clearly see the promise, they will gladly pay the price.
A life worth living is a life worth recording.