You and your friends could plan the trip of a lifetime in 6-18 months to visit the completed school, teeming with dozens or hundreds of students who greet you with smiles and thank you letters. You'll know it's your school because your names will be on the door.

Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance

I still feel there are much smarter self-promoters out there than me. I am very methodical about my messaging, and I know how to gain attention very quickly.

Simplicity requires ruthlessness.

I value self-discipline, but creating systems that make it next to impossible to misbehave is more reliable than self-control.