No matter how many times I visit New York City, I am always struck by the same thing - a yellow taxicab.

The best plan now is to have as many bosses as possible. I call it boss diversity. If you work for a company and you have one boss and that boss doesn't like you or wants to get rid of you, you're in trouble. But if you work for yourself, you have lots of bosses, who are your customers, and if a few of them decide they don't like you, that's okay.

If you don't believe your salmon is wild, ask it to fetch your newspaper and see what happens.

If there are no stupid questions, then what kind of questions do stupid people ask? Do they get smart just in time to ask questions?

Never base your budget requests on realistic assumptions, as this could lead to a decrease in your funding.

I'm curious how you'll know it works. I assume it's mostly a cosmetic change.

The Cheesecake Factory is a great business model, but if you take your wife there for your 25th wedding anniversary, you might not reach your 26th.