But if it's tolerable mediocrity, and you're like, 'Well, you know it could be worse. At least I'm getting paid.' Then you wind up in a job that is slowly killing your soul and you're allowing that to happen. Comfort can be a very, very dangerous thing.

By working only when you are most effective, life is both more productive and more enjoyable. It's the perfect example of having your cake and eating it, too.

I'm not averse to making a lot of money. But where does that end? I hang out with people with hundreds of millions of dollars. Is that the standard by which I should measure myself? Where does that take you if you're in my business? I think it takes you to pretty dark, corrupt places.

I think time management as a label encourages people to view each 24-hour period as a slot in which they should pack as much as possible.

When you try to do something big its hard to fail completely.

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

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