To get useful new ideas, we must go beyond our immediate circle and make contact with distant parts of the social system.

There is no rush. If we think intelligently about what we can achieve with our time, we can be relaxed, even lazy. In fact, being lazy - having plenty of time to think - may actually be a precondition for achieving a great deal.

To be strategic is to concentrate on what is important, on those few objectives that can give us a comparative advantage, on what is important to us rather than others, and to plan and execute the resulting plan with determination and steadfastness.

It is not shortage of time that should worry us, but the tendency for the majority of time to be spent in low-quality ways.

80% of the results come from 20% of the causes. A few things are important; most are not.

Celebrate exceptional productivity, rather than raise average efforts.

If a species is diverse, it can survive and prosper. If a species is homogeneous, it is vulnerable.