To Have An Uncommon Lifestyle,

A Goal Without Real Consequences Is Wishful Thinking. Good Follow-through Doesn't Depend On The Right Intentions. It Depends On The Right Incentives.

For The Employee, The Goal Is To Have Full Access To Necessary Information And As Much Independent Decision-making Ability As Possible. For The Entrepreneur, The Goal Is To Grant As Much Information And Independent Decision-making Ability To Employees Or Contractors As Possible.

The Downstream Effects Are Unknown. Do Your Best And Hope For The Best. If You're Improving The World-however You Define That-consider Your Job Well Done.

People Are Smarter Than You Think. Give Them A Chance To Prove Themselves.

The Problem With New Year's Resolutions - And Resolutions To 'get In Better Shape' In General, Which Are Very Amorphous - Is That People Try To Adopt Too Many Behavioral Changes At Once. It Doesn't Work. I Don't Care If You're A World-class Ceo - You'll Quit.