Moo

Okay, so I need to shut up about Seth Godin, already.

But he linked to a list that I enjoyed and want to refactor:

• Real security comes from improvement. I once said "you don't ride an economy, you build it", and this is what I meant by that, in a less universal way.
  
• Everything is version .9. ...which is a neat way of saying "nothing is perfect, keep improving."
• Flexibility and efficiency are rarely mutual. Godin's point was different: he suggests that flexibility is "better" than honing a process... but that's for a marketer, and I'm looking for more universal advice. As a programmer, sometimes I want an efficient algorithm, sometimes I want a flexible set of tools. Each has its place.
  
• Bet on change, in social situations. ...as opposed to mathematical. By the way, I hate the saying "eveything is math": bullshit.
• Creation requires iteration and influence. ...a better version of an old quote I used a lot: "Man does not create, he re-arranges". Creativity is the result of small changes to something old, influenced by something different. Enough of those changes, and it becomes its own, new entity.
• Success abhores compromise.
• Appreciate what you can, and endure the rest. And that, ladies and gentlemen, is a code to live by.