Never check email first thing in the morning. Instead, complete your most important task before 11:00 A.M. to avoid using lunch or reading email as a postponement excuse.

Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.

If it's important to you and you want to do it 'eventually', just do it and correct course along the way.

The way that you become world-class is... by asking good questions.

Which 20% of sources are causing 80% of my problems and unhappiness? Which 20% of sources are resulting in 80% of my desired outcomes and happiness?

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

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