• That thing that made you weird as a kid could make you great as an adult — if you don’t lose it.
• If you have any doubt at all about being able to carry a load in one trip, do yourself a huge favor and make two trips.
• What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what you become by achieving your goals. At your funeral people will not recall what you did; they will only remember how you made them feel.
• Recipe for success: under-promise and over-deliver.
• It’s not an apology if it comes with an excuse. It is not a compliment if it comes with a request.
• If something fails where you thought it would fail, that is not a failure.
• Be governed not by the tyranny of
the urgent but by the elevation of the important.
• Leave a gate behind you the way you first found it.
• The greatest rewards come from working on something that nobody has a name for. If you possibly can, work where there are no words for what you do.
• A balcony or porch needs to be at least 6 feet (2m) deep or it won’t be used.
• Don’t create things to make money; make money so you can create things. The reward for good work is more work.
• In all things — except love — start with the exit strategy. Prepare for the ending. Almost anything is easier to get into than out of.
• Train employees well enough they could get another job, but treat them well enough so they never want to.
• Don’t aim to have others like you; aim to have them
respect you.
• The foundation of maturity: Just because it’s not your fault doesn’t mean it’s not your responsibility.
• A multitude of bad ideas is necessary for one good idea.
• Being wise means having more questions than answers.
• Compliment people behind their back. It’ll come back to you.
• Most overnight successes — in fact any significant successes — take at least 5 years. Budget your life
accordingly.
• You are only as young as the last time you changed your mind.
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