Tom Schmidt

Commission teaches lessons in days, and omission teaches lessons in decades

Action relieves anxiety."

"Speed creates opportunity. Patience compounds it.

Moving fast will generate more chances. But if you quickly jump from thing to thing, growth will stall.

"When we engage in what we are naturally suited to do, our work takes on the quality of play and it is play that stimulates creativity."

blue @bluewmist getting your shit together requires a level of honesty you can't even imagine. there's nothing easy about realizing you're the one that's been holding you back this whole time.

Five Cultural Memes That Spread Through the Organization : (1) Tip of the Spear Focus - always identify and attack the biggest limiter, giving it disproportionate resources; (2) Push Through Roadblocks - admitting you're blocked is expected, hiding blockers gets you in trouble; (3) Scrappiness - cost-sensitive resourcefulness over bureaucratic... See more

Your success depends on the risks you take.

Your survival depends on the risks you avoid."

three values to instill in children: optimism, courage, and physical activity : Optimism is described as the "mother quality" that enables everything else. Courage — framed as the willingness to try things despite fear — is learnable through progressive, stair-stepped exposure to uncomfortable situations, not through reading or abstract thinking.... See more