The Top Idea in Your Mind

I realized recently that what one thinks about in the shower in the morning is more important than I'd thought. I knew it was a good time to have…

That becomes what you think about when you take a shower in the morning. And that means other questions aren't. I'd hated raising money when I was…

That has been the lesson for me: be careful what you let become critical to you. Try to get yourself into situations where the most urgent problems…

These too are engaging in the wrong way: they have the same velcro-like shape as genuinely interesting ideas, but without the substance. So avoid…

I'm more sympathetic to Newton. The problem was not the 14 pages, but the pain of having this stupid controversy constantly reintroduced as the top…

My wife thinks I'm more forgiving than she is, but my motives are purely selfish. I suspect a lot of people aren't sure what's the top idea in…

Moving large amounts of money around is never something people treat casually. The attention required increases with the amount—maybe not linearly,…