Find your place on the planet. Dig in, and take responsibility from there.
Perception can be changed
I don't consider myself enigmatic, but I don't spend a lot of time thinking about my public persona.
There comes a time in every life when the past recedes and the future opens. It's that moment when you turn to face the unknown. Some will turn back to what they already know. Some will walk straight ahead into uncertainty. I can't tell you which one is right. But I can tell you which one is more fun.
Play by the rules, but be ferocious.
Dream audaciously. Have the courage to fail forward. Act with urgency.
It's alright to be Goliath but always act like David.
I was raised a musician and I played classic music, violin, in orchestras and music comedy theaters, I have music running around in my head all the time, and if I hear music that's too interesting, I have to pay attention to it.
Nothing can be more puritanical in application than the virtues.
The most precise work is generally done by hand, with hand tools. Some people rely on machines for their precision, and my way of working is backwards. I rely on the machines for doing the gross stock removal and then, when it comes to the final refinements and fitting of joints and things, making things work together, I rely more on sharp-edged tools that I push by hand.
The chief recommendation is modesty, then dutiful conduct toward parents, then affection for kindred.