I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first.

Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.

If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power.

If I fail more than you do, I win.

The problem with holding a grudge is that your hands are then too full to hold onto anything else. It might be the competition or a technology or the lousy things that someone did a decade ago. None of it is going to get better as a result of revisiting the grudge.

Go ahead and act as if your decisions are temporary. Because they are. Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work. No sweat, no need to hyperventilate.

People rarely buy what they need. They buy what they want.