The few things that work fantastically well should be identified, cultivated, nurtured, and multiplied.

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

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

Our current use of time is not rational. There is therefore no point in seeking marginal improvements in how we spend our time. We need to go back to the drawing board and overturn all our assumptions about time.

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.

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.