your amygdala is stupid and always faster than your frontal cortex

A wise man* once said “If you do a shitty job rolling you’ll end up with a shitty joint”.

*His last name was literally “Wise”.

“I could stick my head up a cows ass and see for myself, or I could just take the butcher’s word.”

“Valo lisää valoa”

Roughly translates to “light brings more light”.

Equally fundamental to my being as “hymy tarttuu”, which is the corny cousin with narrower scope. “Smile is contagious” translates roughly.

Don’t feed animals that aren’t yours.

“Comparison is the thief of joy.”

The best way to make money in Las Vegas is to sell light bulbs.

When in doubt, shut up.

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter, and those who matter don’t mind.” - Sir Mark Young…or Bernard Baruch…or Dr. Seuss…no one knows

“A common mistake that people make when trying to design something completely foolproof is to underestimate the ingenuity of complete fools.” - Douglas Adams

Quando omni flunks, moritati.

Or a real piece of advice from my grandpa when I got my first “real” job.

“Everyone wants to feel important.”

If you are working with 20 different clients on a product today, each one of them should feel like they matter more to you than the one before, or the one after. Make time to talk with them. Ask questions to know more about them or their business. Do a little research beforehand if you can. Make sure that you know their name, and that they know yours.

Assumption is the mother of all fuckups.

“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.” — George Bernard Shaw

Wish in one hand, shit in the other, and see which one fills up first.

Happiness is an inside joke. Not everyone is going to get it.

There are more casualties in this world from indecision than bad decisions.

Don’t envy old age. The newspaper will still come out long after you are no longer mentioned. Invest your youth.

The ignorant search for something. The discover demands all he sees makes sense.

We come into this world full of love and fear of losing love. All other emotion is a distraction. This is the base emotion. If you can die without fear and still full of love, you’ve won the game of life.

When driving, you can say “I should have gone,” as many times as you want, but “I shouldn’t have gone.” may be the last thing you say.

• Brush your teeth.

• No.

• The most dangerous minority are the Rich.