People are smarter than you think. Give them a chance to prove themselves.

I really feel like knife skills - not just in the kitchen, but in life - are really critical.

Everything that works in sales has been done already. Just keep track of the crap that you buy, or the awesome stuff that you buy, and decide what was the trigger, and then just sell to people like you. It's really that easy - and that's what I do.

What I don't like is snark for snark's sake. If you are going to make fun of me, at least be witty while doing it.

I do my best writing between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.. Almost every friend I have who is a consistently productive writer, does their best writing between 10 p.m. and 8 a.m. My quota is two crappy pages per day. I keep it really low so I'm not so intimidated that I never get started. I will do the gathering of interviews and research throughout the day. I'll get all my notes and materials together and then I'll do the synthesis between 10 p.m. to bed, which is usually 4 or 5 a.m.

I'm prepared to do battle for a dream that is worth dreaming.

For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work.