RALPH PILAPIL

Without writing, it's pretty hard to capture and freeze your thinking, so that you can sharpen it: for example, observing when you're using words that are not well defined or when you're saying things that don't need to be said.

When we set goals, we often become overly optimistic. It makes us ignore the hard parts and get frustrated when we encounter the challenges that any goal will have.

Figure out what the roadblocks will be in advance. Spend 5 minutes writing down all the potential challenges you can fa...

When you start a company and want to do really well, you need to work super-hard.

Working hard means working every waking hour. If someone else is working 50 hours and you're working a hundred, you'll get twice as much done in the course of a year.