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.

The art of good decision making is looking forward to and celebrating the tradeoffs, not pretending they don't exist.

The problem with taking offense is that it's really hard to figure out what to do with it after you're done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.

If you're remarkable it's likely that some people won't like you.

Most people have bosses who hire them to fill a slot in the work chart and to do what they are told. And most people who are doing what they are told feel safe; it feels reliable.

Everyone we interact with is changed forever. The only questions are: How will they be different (and how different will they be), and how will we be different (and how different will we be) as a result?

Market-driven design builds the success of the product's marketing into the product itself.