Effectiveness is doing the things that get you closer to your goals. Efficiency is performing a given task (whether important or not) in the most economical manner possible. Being efficient without regard to effectiveness is the default mode of the universe.

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.

People really do think they have to choose between high stress and high reward jobs, and low stress and low reward jobs.

Avoid results-by volume approach, instead focus on few critically important but uncomfortable actions.

I will take as a given that, for most people, somewhere between six and seven billion of them, the perfect job is the one that takes the least time.

Someday is a dis-ease that will take your dreams to the grave with you.

What's the worst that could happen?