In the future, it will become increasingly obvious that your competitors are just as clueless as you are.

Needing someone is like needing a parachute. If they are not there the first time you need them, chances are you won't be needing them again.

Always Postpone Meetings with Time-wasting Morons

In fact, most people are being squeezed in their little cubicle, and their creativity is forced out elsewhere, because the company can't use it. The company is organized to get rid of variants.

Computers and rocket ships are examples of invention, not of understanding. ... All that is needed to build machines is the knowledge that when one thing happens, another thing happens as a result. It's an accumulation of simple patterns. A dog can learn patterns. There is no "why&rdqo"; in those examples. We don't understand why electricity travels. We don't know why light travels at a constant speed forever. All we can do is observe and record patterns.

Most success springs from an obstacle or failure.

On the fourth day of telecommuting, I realized that clothes are totally unnecessary.