Most of the time you can get away with launching a terrible product, or with not washing your hands, but one time in a thousand, you will kill a person, or a company.

Some forethought and planning can do wonders for your schedule and sanity. Try to work ahead a little when you can. Try to predict what you will need to do next. This will give you a safety net in case unexpected things come up, or it could free up some of your time so you can rest and relax. In any case, it will make things easier and less stressful. You’ll also be a bit more actively aware of how you are choosing to spend your time.

Look and see which way the wind blows before you commit yourself.

Though the house itself was a fortress, still, Isaac Penn had thought to make sure that anyone who did manage to break in would be kept busy. Thus the vault was not a vault but rather a solid plug of molybdenum steel which extended into the wall for five feet.

Nothing is more imminent than the impossible . . . what we must always foresee is the unforeseen.

Greeley knew no language but his, but of that, he possessed a most extraordinary mastery. An employee