Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).

It's rare to find a consistently creative or insightful person who is also an angry person. They can't occupy the same space, and if your anger moves in, generosity and creativity often move out. It's difficult to use revenge or animus to fuel great work.

Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can't see it

Make enough mole hills, and eventually you will build a mountain.

If failure is not an option, neither is success. Innovation is just repeated failure till you come up with something that works.

I'm not proposing that you let the crowd dictate, or that you work hard to fit in. Far from it. I'm proposing that you know the impact your choices are having and act accordingly.

You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses.