The Bible is very easy to understand. But we Christians are a bunch of scheming swindlers. We pretend to be unable to understand it because we know very well that the minute we understand, we are obliged to act accordingly.

Power, used effectively, increases its wielder's power.

Coaching: Situation => Work => Impact

Knowing what you can and cannot expect from each person and knowing what to do to make sure the best ideas win out are the best way to make decisions. Idea-meritocratic decision making is better than traditional autocratic or democratic decision making in almost all cases.

Lying and deception are not always wrong; they can be used to protect ourselves or others.

Prioritization being an exercise in subtraction, not addition.

Acquiring specialized knowledge in a particular field can lead to success and wealth.

Making a handful of good uncorrelated bets that are balanced and leveraged well is the surest way of having a lot of upside without being exposed to unacceptable downside.

The straightforward message of weak ties’ importance: don’t spend too much time with people who are close. Instead, ensure that you are meeting a wide variety of people in a wide variety of organizations and industries. You never know when one of them will have information important to your job performance or career prospects.

For Pride i s spiritual cancer: it eats up the very possibility of love, or contentment, or even common sense.