Food became for me a way of becoming self-sufficient with my hands, to regain manual literacy, which I think has been lost on our generation and certainly younger generations. Very few people can actually make things with their hands and do things with their hands.

The key to having more time is doing less, and there are two paths to get there, both of which should be used together: (1) Define a short to-do list and (2) define a not-to-do list.

Companies that start by redesigning the economics of an industry often finish by redesigning the whole industry-and owning it.

Happiness can be bought with a bottle of wine and has become ambiguous through overuse.

The golden years become lower-middle-class life revisited. That's a bittersweet ending.

The problem with New Year's resolutions - and resolutions to 'get in better shape' in general, which are very amorphous - is that people try to adopt too many behavioral changes at once. It doesn't work. I don't care if you're a world-class CEO - you'll quit.

Remember—boredom is the enemy, not some abstract "failure.