I don’t know what’s the matter with people: they don’t learn by understanding, they learn by some other way — by rote or something. Their knowledge i… - Seth Godin

If you took organic chemistry in college, you’ve experienced the Dip. Academia doesn’t want too many unmotivated people to attempt medical school, so they set up a screen. Organic chemistry is the killer class, the screen that separates the doctors from the psychologists. If you can’t handle organic chemistry, well, then, you can’t go to med school.

Never quit something with great long-term potential just because you can’t deal with the stress of the moment.

Creating ideas that spread and connecting the disconnected are the two pillars of our new society, and both of them require the posture of the artist.