Beyond the Rhetoric

“Mistakes are the portals of discovery.”

Just as Wayne Gretzky taught us that you miss 100% of the shots you don’t take, noted writer and poet James Joyce reminds us of the value of making mistakes. If you succeed in absolutely everything that you do, chances are that you’re not going to learn very much. However, [...]

Yes, I realize this is a somewhat strange request and that it is almost a rhetorical question, but just bear with me for a few moments. It seems that both I and Colin Dean are afflicted with the same condition: we don’t know how to relax. We just can’t do it. While it may appear [...]

“Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.”

Some people believe that they are destined to lead one life or another. They may feel that they are destined for mediocrity and, no matter what they do, [...]

“Business is difficult. But it could be approached two ways: Seriously, or with the same way you’re doing your job, with entertainment aspect, with pleasure, with fun. And we decided to try to make it as fun that we do our creativity.”

Life should be fun. If all you do is get bogged down with the [...]

“Let’s be clear: the work of science has nothing whatever to do with consensus. Consensus is the business of politics. Science, on the contrary, requires only one investigator who happens to be right, which means that he or she has results that are verifiable by reference to the real world. In science consensus is irrelevant. [...]