People are fond of using the its not what you know, its who you know adage as an excuse for inaction, as if all successful people are born with power… - Tim Ferriss

When you have the best and tastiest ingredients, you can cook very simply and the food will be extraordinary because it tastes like what it is.

If you find yourself in a fair fight, you didn’t plan your mission properly.” –Colonel David Hackworth

At least three time per day at scheduled times, he had to ask himself the following question: Am I being productive or just active? Charney captured the essence of this with less-abstract wording: Am I inventing things to do to avoid the important? He eliminated all of the activities he used as crutches and began to focus on demonstrating results instead of showing dedication. Dedication is often just meaningless work in disguise. Be ruthless and cut the fat.