A good strategy to evaluate whether you ought to purchase something is simply to wait a few days away from the salesman. It’s easy to get caught up in the moment, and you should never feel guilty for demanding that time.

Organizing long projects is more about a routine than individual work you put in. It’s about waking up at certain hours of the morning, achieving consistent results, and then adding all those little pieces together. The timeline then, is merely how long you want to spend running your marathon.

I think something that’s under explored is how to come back from emotional or physical setbacks. We assume that our career is a generally upward trajectory, but that avoids the reality when we often take dips or slide downward from where we want to be. What are good strategies for one encounters such unforeseen obstacles?

What’s sorely unremarked on is the importance of your younger years. Everything you do in your twenties affects your forties and sixties. But everything in your forties only affects your sixties. Take every opportunity now because the decisions you make are permanent.