Philosophy is how you live, not what you discuss
"The wise ones bet heavily when the world offers them that opportunity. They bet big when they have the odds. And the rest of the time they don't. It's that simple"
"The rewards for looking at unpriced assets and surfacing them into markets are extraordinary."
This is my brain on code.
It's about a boy and girl and what they did next.
Burney Falls is a magical place
and my boys did great. I’m very proud of them. This is a wonderful sport.
Or, The brook trout vs the river, part II
This was lunch a few minutes afterward. Had a ton of fun in Canada!
I just pushed Gnotes live -
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn no other way
Dear kids, - I wrote down this lesson for myself a couple of years ago
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.
There is nothing more powerful than imagination coupled with investigation.
1 minute of planning is worth 10 minutes of doing - Be different. Set yourself apart. And don’t care
Dear kids, - I often tell you that I only have two primary jobs as your Father
Engaging with exceptionally hard problems forces us to think differently.
The best way to predict the future is to invent it
Why do I stand up here? Anybody? I stand upon my desk to remind myself that we must constantly look at things in a different way.
And you can change it. You can influence it. You can build your own things that other people can use.
Every moment in business happens only once. The next Bill Gates will not build an operating system. The next Larry Page or Sergey Brin won’t make a search engine. And the next Mark Zuckerberg won’t create a social network.
Don't live as though you were going to live a myriad years. Fate is hanging over your head; while you have life, while you may, become good.
I’ve learned a lot from a myriad of startups in my life. The next startup I do will hit as many of
...even if the fish is only 5" long
When you build products that a lot of people love to use, you can’t help but be successful.
We must make haste then, not only because we are daily nearer to death, but also because the conception of things and the understanding of them cease first.
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as to seem not worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.
In anything at all, perfection is finally attained not when there is no longer anything to add, but when there is no longer anything to take away, when a body has been stripped down to its nakedness.
If you read very much of my stuff, you’ll quickly come to know that I consider myself a hustler.
Design is a funny word. Some people think design means how it looks. But of course, if you dig deeper, it’s really how it works.
The Monster Mash :)
Woody Allen said it, and he was talking about people who want to write a play or movie script.
Life is like riding a bull. Hang on! Have some fun!
Swing by Swing dev retreat in Scottsdale. Bagpipe guy playing behind Westin Kierland. Just awesome :)
Daddy, it's OK if you get hit by a car, because I know my way home from here.
Baron, the speed bullet!
Boys, though it doesn’t seem like it when you’re young, life is short.In the grand scheme ...
We are camping on the mid-California coast, south of Big Sur about 40 miles...
Hiking (and running) the Satellite, above Stanford in Palo Alto
This could just as easily be titled - Who to be friends with, Who to hang out with, Who to admire, ...
Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.
Man often becomes what he believes himself to be. If I keep on saying to myself that I cannot do a certain thing, it is possible that I may end by really becoming incapable of doing it. On the contrary, if I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.
The future depends on what you do today.
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, and then you win.
Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your actions, Your actions become your habits, Your habits become your values, Your values become your destiny.
Knock knock Who's there? So So who? So so suck your toe all the way to Mexico while you're there kiss a tree and don't forget your hat.
Boys, Sometimes I like to send you lessons that I’ve learned in my time. Usually these lessons ...
Hey guys, - Some people ask me how I’m so good at writing email subject lines. Or, coding.
This quote is about the most important trait you can possess.
