If everyone is defining a problem or solving it one way and the results are subpar, this is the time to ask, What if I did the opposite? Don't follow a model that doesn't work. If the recipe sucks, it doesn't matter how good a cook you are.

The fishing is best where the fewest go and the collective insecurity of the world makes it easy for people to hit home runs while everyone is aiming for base hits.

Lack of time is actually lack of priorities.

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

People feel personally slighted if you don't respond to them in 30 seconds and treat email as instant messenger.

World barista champions use the AeroPress to make coffee on the folding tray tables of airplanes.

Changing the world doesn't require much money. Again, think in terms of empowerment and not charity. How much were Gandhi's teachers paid? How much did it cost to give Dr. Martin Luther King the books that catalyzed his mind and actions?