I need to stop getting into situations where all my options are potentially bad.

Look at frustration as a positive thing. It is the frustration that drives you to improve.

I don't think you can have enough planning, and looking at the New Orleans response will be helpful. Plans are only as effective as the delivery of services, but there are a lot of other questions we should look at. We are used to dealing with earthquakes, but what would we do if we had to evacuate an area as large as New Orleans? It is a question we need to look at ahead of time.

Long range planning works best in the short term.

It's clear that people currently working should factor into their retirement planning the long-term trend away from traditional defined benefit pensions. That means people need to be saving more than they are.

Writer’s block results from too much head. Cut off your head. Pegasus, poetry, was born of Medusa when her head was cut off. You have to be reckless when writing. Be as crazy as your conscience allows.