You don't have to travel, but I find extended travel to be a helpful tool for reexamining yourself and the constraints you've artificially placed on your life. It's easy to believe everything has to be done one way if you're always in one place around the same people.

A recession is very bad for publicly traded companies, but it's the best time for startups. When you have massive layoffs, there's more competition for available jobs, which means that an entrepreneur can hire freelancers at a lower cost.

To have an uncommon lifestyle, you need to develop the uncommon habit of making decisions, both for yourself and for others.

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.

If you don't have time, you don't have priorities.

You can enjoy stargazing just by going out and learning a couple constellations with your kids.

The best way to improve mental performance, is to improve physical performance