Mastering isn’t a survival instinct; it’s an urge to excel. Mastering is one of the experiences that delineates us from animals. It is striving to be more tomorrow than we are today; to perfectly pitch the ball over home plate; to craft the perfect sentence in an article; to open the oven and feel the warm, richly-scented cloud telling you dinner is going to be absolutely extraordinary. We humans crave perfection, to be masters of our domain, to distinguish ourselves by sheer skill and prowess. -- Joesgoals.com
The best people and organizations have the attitude of wisdom: The courage to act on what they know right now and the humility to change course when they find better evidence. The quest for management magic and breakthrough ideas is overrated; being a master of the obvious is underrated. Jim Maloney is right: Work is an overrated activity -- Bob Sutton
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler. -- Albert Einstein
A hacker on a roll may be able to produce–in a period of a few months–something that a small development group (say, 7-8 people) would have a hard time getting together over a year. IBM used to report that certain programmers might be as much as 100 times as productive as other workers, or more. -- Peter Seebach
If Java had true garbage collection, most programs would delete themselves upon execution. -- Robert Sewell
Normality is the route to nowhere. -- Ridderstrale & Nordstorm, Funky Business
I find that when you have a real interest in life and a curious life, that sleep is not the most important thing. ~Martha Stewart
If you do what you’ve always done, you’ll get what you’ve always gotten. –Tony Robbins
All our dreams can come true if we have the courage to pursue them. ~Walt Disney
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. –Steve Jobs