Conventional wisdom is not to put all of your eggs in one basket. 80/20 wisdom is to choose a basket carefully, load all your eggs into it, and then watch it like a hawk.

Celebrate exceptional productivity, rather than raise average efforts.

I make it a personal rule never to do anything that I don't really care about. It is surprising how much this cuts out.

It may be that you will be happiest in the rat race; perhaps, like me, you are basically a rat.

Instead of expending time to train yourself not to be afraid of snakes, avoid them altogether.

What could you achieve that would make you proud, that no one else could do with the same ease?

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