What I want to talk to you about today is the difference between gifts and choices. Cleverness is a gift, kindness is a choice. Gifts are easy-they're given after all. Choices can be hard. You can seduce yourself with your gifts if you're not careful, and if you do, it'll probably be to the detriment of your choices.

Goals: There is no telling what you can do when you get inspired by them. There is no telling what you can do when you believe in them. There is no telling what will happen when you act upon them. read more

• Thought Goals Telling What Do Get Inspired by Them Believe Happen Act Upon

If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear. read more

• Thought Liberty Means Anything Right Tell People What They Do Want Hear

And it never failed that during the dry years the people forgot about the rich years, and during the wet years they lost all memory of the dry years. It was always that way. read more

• Thought Failed During Dry Years People Forgot About Rich Wet They Lost Memory Way

My life, between 22 yards for 24 years... It's hard to imagine that this is coming to an end. read more

• Life Hard for Years Imagine Between Coming End

Just before the death of flowers, and before they are buried in snow, there comes a festival season when nature is aglow. read more

• Thought Before Death Flowers They Buried Snow Comes Festival Season Nature Aglow

I wanted to project myself forward to age 80 and say, ‘OK, I’m looking back on my life. I want to minimise the number of regrets I have.’ And I knew that when I was 80, I was not going to regret having tried this. I was not going to regret trying to participate in this thing called the Internet that I thought was going to be a really big deal. I knew that if I failed, I wouldn’t regret that. But I knew the one thing I might regret is not ever having tried. I knew that that would haunt me every day. read more

• Life Myself Want Thought Say Thing Forward Trying Failed Day Big Really Every Deal Might Wanted Having Tried Looking Age Regret Knew Internet Called Regrets Participate Number Haunt Project

The common question that gets asked in business is, 'why?' That's a good question, but an equally valid question is, 'why not?' read more

• Good Business Common Equally Question Gets Asked Valid

Determine what your customers need, and work backwards. read more

• What Work Need Backwards Determine Customers

If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer, ultimately we'll turn out all right. read more

• Right While Our Us Stay Keep Turn Ultimately Competitors Focused Customer

It's harder to be kind than clever read more

• Clever Kind Harder