“Another way to be prepared is to think negatively. Yes, I'm a great optimist. but, when trying to make a decision, I often think of the worst case scenario. I call it 'the eaten by wolves factor.' If I do something, what's the most terrible thing that could happen? Would I be eaten by wolves? One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist, is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose. There are a lot of things I don't worry about, because I have a plan in place if they do.”

“One thing that makes it possible to be an optimist is if you have a contingency plan for when all hell breaks loose.”

“Randy Pausch on time management:Here's what I know:Time must be explicitly managed, like money.You can always change your plan, but only if you have one.Ask yourself: Are you spending your time on the right things?Develop a good filing system.Rethink the telephone.Delegate.Take a time out.Time is all you have. And you may find one day that you have less than you think.”

“Experience is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. And experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.”

“If I work hard enough, there will be things I can do tomorrow that I can't do today.”

“When you see yourself doing something badly and nobody's bothering to tell you anymore, that's a bad place to be. You may not want to hear it, but your critics are often the ones telling you they still love you and care about you, and want to make you better.”

“Well, you can’t have just some of me, Jai,” I told her. “You appreciate the part of me that didn’t get angry because two ‘things’ we own got hurt. But the flip side of that is my belief that you don’t repair things if they still do what they’re supposed to do. The cars still work.Let’s just drive ’em.”