What you decide not to do is probably more important that what you decide to do.

He who makes the quickest, coolest prototypes reigns!

Unless you walk out into the unknown, the odds of making a profound difference in your life are pretty low.

Effective listening is a professional achievement-achieved only through hard work.

Power lies in the details, and the tenacious pursuit of such hidden levers can pay off enormously. While you don't want to get a reputation as a prissy worrywart, worrying about the details in private is important. You may think you are the world's greatest speaker, but if the auditorium's sound system is singing static - well, forget it.

Business, life itself, is damned hard work if you wanna be good at it. Actually, that's precisely wrong. Business ceases to be work when you're chasing a dream that has engorged you. ("Work should be more fun than fun" - Noel Coward.) And if the passion isn't there. then biotech and plumbing will be equal drags.

I'm about as far from being a flag-waver - you won't find any American flag pins in my drawer - as someone can be.