Your drudgery is another person's delight. It's only a job if you treat it that way. The privilege to do our work, to be in control of the promises we make and the things we build, is something worth cherishing.

More time [to decide] without more information just creates anxiety, not insight.

...treasure what it means to do a day's work. It's our one and only chance to do something productive today, and it's certainly not available to someone merely because he is the high bidder. A day's work is your chance to do art, to create a gift, to do something that matters. As your work gets better and your art becomes more important, competition for your gifts will increase and you'll discover that you can be choosier about whom you give them to.

The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.

Instead of focusing on arguing with people who say no, it might be easier to get near the people who like to say yes.

If you want to dig a big hole, you need to stay in one place.

If I fail more than you do, I win.