Tom Schmidt

The courage isn't in taking on more, it's in cutting off everything that doesn't feed your goal.

“Start your story as late into the action as possible. End it as early into the action as possible.”​ – Frank Miller

“Everyday products sell. Although it is harder to improve a mature product, if you succeed, there’s no need to create a market.” – James Dyson

A timely reminder from Clear Thinking:

“ One reason the best in the world make consistently good decisions is they rarely find themselves forced into a decision by circumstances. ”

Write your thoughts down. Draw the problem. Use a whiteboard. Create a spreadsheet. Talk out loud to a smart person. Go for a walk or run with a specific question.

The act of transforming out of your head to another medium acts like a filtration system, removing the vague mud from your thinking.

Each time you transform your thoughts out of your... See more

it feels like an angel has snatched you out of the maw of Hades.

Now keep looking at this unpleasant situation or person until you realize that it isn’t they that are causing the negative emotions. They are just going their way, being themselves, doing their thing whether right or wrong, good or bad. It is your computer that, thanks to your programming, insists on your reacting with negative emotions. You will... See more

Most complexity is unnecessary, but we manage it instead of removing it because deletion requires courage that addition doesn't.