Read at least one book a month. This is self-serving, obviously. It's a proven fact that people who read buy more books than people who don't read. In truth, I wish you'd read ten books a month, or at least buy that many.

We can't change it. We have to decide how we'll respond.

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

Complaining does not work as a strategy.

The key question to keep asking is, Are you spending your time on the right things? Because time is all you have.

until you got ice cream spilled on you, you’re not doing field work

Randy Pausch on time management: Here's what I know: Time must be explicitly managed, like money. You can always change your plan, but only if you have one. Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things? Develop a good filing system. Rethink the telephone. Delegate. Take a time out. Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.