Staying on the Bus

• Nothing in life can be accomplished individually. You always need to have someone by your side, or have someone on your bus.
• Driving an empty bus has no point. When you form a team, make sure you are all on the energy bus.

The Helsinki Bus Station Theory broadly means that our creativity, life and career paths may seem the same as we begin, but our uniqueness and real creative work starts as we branch out eventually, discovering our niche, and being masters of our work in a unique way.

Achievement rewards routine. 

As an extreme example, consider the early morning schedule of Apple CEO Tim Cook. He gets up 3:45 am day by day, guaranteeing that it permits him to traverse the 700 or so messages he gets every day, and gives his time to work out before he goes into the workpl...