"Success gives you real ammunition. When something suc ceeds, you know what worked-and you can do it again. And the next time, you'll probably do it even better."

"The enthusiasm have for a new idea you is not an accurate indicator of its true worth.

"When you I don't know what you believe, everything becomes an argument. Everything is debatable. But when you stand for something, decisions are obvious."

"Now this isn't to say you shouldn't think about the future or contemplate how you might attack upcoming obstacles. That's a worthwhile exercise. Just don't feel you need to write it down or obsess about it."

"We're all terrible estimators. We think we can guess how long something will take, when we really have no idea. We see everything going according to a best-case sce nario, without the delays that inevitably pop up. Reality never sticks to best-case scenarios."