Tom Schmidt

• Humility is mostly about being very honest about how much you owe to luck.

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

Practice until you get it right, and you'll need perfect conditions.

Practice until you can't get it wrong, and conditions no longer matter.

Seth advises:“My suggestion is whenever possible, ask yourself what’s the smallest possible footprint I can get away with?... What is the smallest possible project that is worth my time? ... What is the smallest group of people who I could make a difference for or to? Because smallest is achievable

The illiterate of the 21st century will be those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. —Alvin Toffler

Optimize for enthusiasm. Make as many choices as you can that leave you feeling energetic and interested. Pay attention to when you have the urge to pursue or participate in something and do more of it."

Operating with a modest initial budget of $15,000, Senator Truman ingeniously augmented its resources by appealing directly to the American public via CBS Radio, encouraging citizens to report any defense-related waste they observed in their communities. These citizen letters became a routine and valuable starting point for the committee's... See more

Author and screenwriter Ray Bradbury on the difference between critics and creators:

"Those who don't build must burn."

Entire careers are built managing unnecessary mass. But this is the opportunity. While everyone else adds mass to the system, removing it creates an unfair advantage. The lighter you are, the faster you move.

Removing what shouldn't exist creates more value than any addition could.