The law of gravity tells you what stones do if you drop them; but the Law of Human Nature tells you what human beings ought to do and do not. In other words, when you are dealing with humans, something else comes in above and beyond the actual facts.

To work in an organization whose value system is unacceptable or incompatible with one’s own condemns a person both to frustration and to non-performance

Everything in software architecture is a trade-off. First Law of Software Architecture

Stable relationships help twentysomethings feel more secure and responsible.

Happiness was linked to being a taker rather than a giver, whereas meaningfulness went with being a giver rather than a taker.

Ultimately, the only way to achieve meaning and a sense of importance in one’s life is through a rejection of alternatives, a narrowing of freedom, a choice of commitment to one place, one belief, or (gulp) one person.

For a manager to become an effective coach they need to build new habits. To begin with, it will be unnatural and difficult to ask rather than tell.

To increase the capacity of the plant is to increase the capacity of only the bottlenecks.

Your Thoughts Don't Define You

A deep life is a good life, any way you look at it.