Tom Schmidt

to live with godlike composure on the full rush of energy, like Dionysus riding the leopard, without being torn to pieces.

The more predictable a message is, the less information it contains. A universe full of identical people producing identical experiences would contain

"The best view of the game is probably from the stands. But that's not where the action is. And so you have to decide, do you want a nice view or do y

"Luck flows through people and travels by conversation. The people you talk to determine the opportunities you find. Keep talking to the same people,

focusing your energy on the critical few rather than the trivial many

Every complaint about you is also a commercial for you—after all, nobody bothers to yell at a nobody.

May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears

People think good decision-making is about being right all the time. It's not. It's about lowering the cost of being wrong and changing your mind. Wh