The surest way to identify those who won't succeed at weight loss is that they tend to say things like "My goal is to lose ten pounds." Weight targets often work in the short run. But if you need willpower to keep the weight off, you're doomed in the long run. The only way to succeed in the long run is by using a system that bypasses your need for willpower.

People are so conditioned to take sides that a balanced analysis looks to them like hatred.

'Dilbert' became popular during the downsizing of the '90s, and job security was a major theme of the strip.

Your best work involves timing. If someone wrote the best hip hop song of all time in the Middle Ages, he had bad timing.

Am I getting smart with you? How would you know?

If I had to pick one quality that best predicts success (other than wanting to be successful) it would be the willingness to risk embarrassment.

The day you realize that your efforts and rewards are not related, it really frees up your calendar.