I Try To Avoid Giving

Hard Work Is Rewarding. Taking Credit For Other People's Hard Work Is Rewarding And Faster.

To The Engineer, All Matter In The Universe Can Be Placed Into One Of Two Categories: (1) Things That Need To Be Fixed, And (2) Things That Will Need To Be Fixed After You've Had A Few Minutes To Play With Them. If There Are No Problems Handily Available, They Will Create Their Own Problems. Normal People Don't Understand This Concept; They Believe That If It Ain't Broke, Don't Fix It. Engineers Believe That If It Ain't Broke, It Doesn't Have Enough Features Yet.

When You Hire That First Person, Then You're A Boss. You've Got Performance Reviews. You've Got Complaints About Not Making Enough Money. You've Got People Who Are Just Going To Sell Your Story To The Tabloids.

Dilbert: I'm Obsessed With Inventing A Perpetual Motion Machine. Most Scientists Think It's Impossible, But I Have Something They Don't. Dogbert: A Lot Of Spare Time? Dilbert: Exactly.

For Our Purposes, Let’s Say A Goal Is A Specific Objective That You Either Achieve Or Don’t Sometime In The Future. A System Is Something You Do On A Regular Basis That Increases Your Odds Of Happiness In The Long Run. If You Do Something Every Day, It’s A System. If You’re Waiting To Achieve It Someday In The Future, It’s A Goal.