“My claim is that an amazing-looking second-hand car that’s priced well below market and still hasn’t sold is disproportionately likely to be a lemon, or, more evocatively, an internally bruised peach.” ~ learn more
“Nothing clarifies things quite like a hyperactive, all-knowing, all-seeing, real asshole of a devil’s advocate beating the living crap out of you.” ~ learn more
“But your kids? They’re not so easily impressed. They don’t appreciate the trappings of your success. They don’t care much for status or seniority. All they know is how it affects them.” ~ learn more
King was quoted saying, “Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.” … Well, this author thinks “And that is nonsense (also bunkum, hooey, hogwash, twaddle, and […]
“There’s something strange and a little awe-inspiring about hearing someone ask for champagne on a two-hour domestic flight. … Champagne, really? … Maybe you really can take the champagne approach—not just to flying, but to everything. Maybe there are opportunities […]
“The concept that I call the surface area of success is all about creating an asymmetric likelihood of winning in the market. It is orchestrating the circumstances and context of the startup where the likelihood of success moves from highly […]
“But your kids? They’re not so easily impressed. They don’t appreciate the trappings of your success. They don’t care much for status or seniority. All they know is how it affects them.” ~ learn more
“Will we be an ancestor to our children…or a ghost? Will we support and guide? Will we haunt and plague? Will our presence fill them with joy and comfort…or fear and pain?” ~ learn more
“A title has two goals. First, think of all the people in the world who, if they clicked on your thing, would finish it and love it. Ideally, those people would click. … Other people will hate your thing. It’s […]
“Will we be an ancestor to our children…or a ghost? Will we support and guide? Will we haunt and plague? Will our presence fill them with joy and comfort…or fear and pain?” ~ learn more