Resumés are ridiculous - Jason Fried

no one’s upset by what you’re saying, you’re probably not pushing hard enough. (And you’re probably boring, too.)

The real world isn’t a place, it’s an excuse. It’s a justification for not trying.

When you build a product or service, you make the call on hundreds of tiny decisions each day. If you’re solving someone else’s problem, you’re constantly stabbing in the dark. When you solve your own problem, the light comes on. You know exactly what the right answer is.