"My investments have been hurt." — Scott Adams

I'm not happy on vacation. In those rare times when I have three hours with no work I have to do, I'm terribly uncomfortable.

For most people, it's easy to be passionate about things that are working out, and that distorts our impression of the importance of passion. I've been involved in several dozen business ventures over the course of my life, and each one made me excited at the start. You might even call it passion.

Success is entirely accessible, even if you happen to be a huge screw-up 95 percent of the time.

If you have any trouble sounding condescending, find a Unix user to show you how it's done.