Blake Scholl Quotes

Pretty soon, driving yourself will be as absurd and illegal as riding a pony on the interstate.

Just like there are places where people who love horses can go ride them, there will be places for humans who like to drive cars to drive.

On any given topic, the most important question to ask is: “what are the most important questions?” Always ask this and prioritize before jumping in.

Pro tip: if you are ambitious and driven you will always work hard. So work on the biggest idea you can imagine. The effort is the same but the rewards are much, much better.

PS my first company was a barcode scanning game.

Dear billionaires: next time you’re tempted to speak humbly that you were lucky, instead tell a story about how you worked long, smart and hard.

You’ll be doing a favor to every young person who wants to know what it really takes to create at scale.

Bad managers optimize for large team size. Great managers are proud of how much their team accomplishes relative to its small size.

Startup advice: work on the biggest problem others have ignored.

Unpopular opinion: we should have more toll roads. In fact, every road should be a toll road.

Get rid of every other road tax and charge for usage. Rush hour usage should have surge pricing. This is the only scalable solution for traffic congestion.

Don’t let anyone—most importantly yourself—tell you what you can’t do

Unpopular opinion: self-made billionaires are great. More people should aspire to that level of value creation.

When you read a quote from somebody, do you hear it in their voice?

Price and cost are different things, often confused.

Cost is what it takes to make something. Price is what it sells for—at a point in time. When supplies are low, costs can be low but prices high. Confuse these concepts—and you’ll miss many opportunities

Skeptics: I’ll believe it when I see it
Builders: I believe it, so I’ll make it

Best way to get done a day earlier is to start a day sooner

Every technology—from the plow to the tractor to the steam shovel—has made humanity more human. Has freed us from cyclic, repetitive work, and enabled us to be more creative. And to do the most human thing of all: to leave the world better than we found it.

As technology has advanced, fewer have toiled for basic necessities and more have become scientists, engineers, inventors, artists, thinkers.

I believe AI will prove to be the *most* humanizing technology yet. AI enables anyone with an idea or a vision to become a creator. To leave behind something new, to add to the sum of human creation.

Buckle up, we're in for an amazing future.

It’s easy to think that once you’ve said “thanks” the appreciation box is checked. But gratitude is like love: you don’t say it once at the wedding and call it done. You repeat it every day.