It will take you less time and effort to do a thing the difficult way than it will to buy, try and discard all the shortcuts.

Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our productivity, leverage and insight comes from being part of a community, not apart from it. The goal, I think, is to figure out how to become more dependent, not less.

What are you working on? If someone asks you that, are you excited to tell them the answer? If you're not, you're wasting away.

One reason I encourage people to blog is that the act of doing it stretches your available vocabulary and hones a new voice.

Those that spend the most effort in search of shortcuts are often the most disappointed and the least successful.

The person who fails the most wins.

If you're not proud of where you work, go work somewhere else.