Learn to fail with pride - and do so fast and cleanly. Maximise trial and error - by mastering the error part.

Your reputation is harmed the most by what you say to defend it.

In science you need to understand the world; in business you need others to misunderstand it.

The psychologist Gerd Gigerenzer has a simple heuristic. Never ask the doctor what you should do. Ask him what he would do if he were in your place. You would be surprised at the difference

The only valid political system is one that can handle an imbecile in power without suffering from it

Is the economy something organic or is it something engineered? I think it's closer to the organic. You harm it by artificially suppressing volatility in it.

Don't aim to be perfect! Aim to be antifragile