As in all successful ventures, the foundation of a good retirement is planning.

I wish developing great products was as easy as writing a check. If that was the case, Microsoft would have great products.

A person should set his goals as early as he can and devote all his energy and talent to getting there.

Tomorrows only exist in the minds of dreamers and losers.

The person with a plan, a picture, will go after thoughts that add value to their thinking.

A strategy that doesn't take into account resources is doomed to failure.

If you start out by promising what you don't even have yet, you'll lose your desire to work toward getting it.

Impatience can cause wise people to do foolish things.

Delegators love to pull people into meetings, too. In fact, meetings are a delegator's best friend. That's where he gets to seem important. Meanwhile, everyone else who attends is pulled away from getting real work done.

You have to keep asking yourself if the way you're working today is the way you'd want to work in 10, 20, or 30 years. If not, now is the time to make a change, not "later.

We don't want reactions. We don't want first impressions. We don't want knee-jerks. We want considered feedback. Read it over. Read it twice, three times even. Sleep on it. Take your time to gather and present your thoughts—just like the person who pitched the original idea took their time to gather and present theirs.

Following group chat at work is like being in an all-day meeting with random participants and no agenda. It's completely exhausting.