Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions..

I really focused on three things in high school - my company, basketball and my school work..

Taking on short term risk can involve switching jobs, joining new groups / associations in the area, launching a personal blog, running an experiment….

The internet tends to make smart people smarter and dumb people dumber..

Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible..

Talk to people no one else is talking to. Who would have thought that giving a speech at a funeral at age 12 would introduce me to a man who would in….

Rule of thumb: Be skeptical of things you learned before you could read. E.g., religion..

Sometimes Plan B can have the same desired outcome, but a different path for getting there..

I've always loved to write, and I kept a diary of what I thought about my business, being an entrepreneur and other things of interest to me..

I to the We means that both the individual's effort and the power of the network matter, and they work in tandem. Someone with no skill won't get ver….

I’m skeptical of passive learning. If you don’t write down what you’re hearing and learning, what the odds you remember it?.

It got a little stressful in my first two years of high school, trying to make conference calls with investors in between classes, but I definitely l….

I'm just the smallest dot in a big map of human history..

One theme that fascinates me is cognitive enhancement. It seems only a matter of time until we live in a world where steroids for the brain are readi….

I have a broad range of interests, so I'll always be working on something..

Expose yourself to as much as possible. Attend conferences no one else is attending. Read books no one else is reading. Talk to people no one else is….

If you really understand something, you can: 1) explain it using a clear metaphor and 2) explain the strongest counter-argument to the idea..

If frequency with which you cite an education credential does not decrease over the course of your life, you’re not accomplishing very much..

I don't want to be normal. I want to be something else..

Sometimes I have to pause to make the distinction between Ben the teenager and Ben the businessman..