Sometimes I Mistake This For A Universe

If At First You Don't Succeed, That's One Data Point.

I Never Trust Anyone Who's More Excited About Success Than About Doing The Thing They Want To Be Successful At.

News Networks Giving A Greater Voice To Viewers Because The Social Web Is So Popular Are Like A Chef On The Titanic Who, Seeing The Looming Iceberg And Fleeing Customers, Figures Ice Is The Future And Starts Making Snow Cones.

But I’ve Never Seen The Icarus Story As A Lesson About The Limitations Of Humans. I See It As A Lesson About The Limitations Of Wax As An Adhesive.

Take Wrong Turns. Talk To Strangers. Open Unmarked Doors. And If You See A Group Of People In A Field, Go Find Out What They Are Doing. Do Things Without Always Knowing How They'll Turn Out.