Accept that better ideas aren’t necessarily better if they arrive after the train has left the station. If they’re so good, they can catch the next o… - Jason Fried

In almost every situation, the expectation of an immediate response is an unreasonable expectation. Yet with more and more real-time communication tools creeping into daily work — especially instant-messaging tools and group chat — the expectation of an immediate response has become the new normal.

There are two fundamental ways not to be ignored at work. One is to make noise. The other is to make progress, to do exceptional work.

you can brainstorm, you can argue, you can survey, but only shipping will tell you whether you’re going to sink or swim.