Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.

Prioritize your projects so that they fit in with your long-term goals.

Steward for the long term. It's not always easy, but you do it.

I would like to see this group in this Congress be starting the process to get ourselves on long term fiscal strong footing.

Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.

Talk to people no one else is talking to. Who would have thought that giving a speech at a funeral at age 12 would introduce me to a man who would introduce me to my first business contact who would introduce me to several other important people in my life. That's luck. That's randomness.