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.

I think about willpower almost never. I realize for myself, trying to be more disciplined is pretty nebulous and it's often a slippery target. For me, I've just thought about incentives.

The decent method you follow is better than the perfect method you quit.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

Focus on being productive instead of busy.

An entrepreneur isn't someone who owns a business, it's someone who makes things happen.

I do not equate productivity to happiness. For most people, happiness in life is a massive amount of achievement plus a massive amount of appreciation. And you need both of those things.