It doesn't matter much where your company sits in its industry ecosystem, nor how vertically or horizontally integrated it is - what matters is its relative 'share of customer value' in the final product or solution, and its cost of producing that value.
In America, if you are a landowner, you own the minerals vertically underneath your plot. So if there is shale, you get a share.
If I could stomach the awful part of being a veterinarian, which involves sticking your hand up animals' behinds, I would be a vet.
Every action of your life touches on some chord that will vibrate in eternity.
After a while, you can't get any higher. It's like your head is in a wind tunnel - everything is vibrating.
Filling a theatre like the Olympia or Vicar Street on your own name is a very rewarding moment.
You live vicariously through your characters.
Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.
I think a 'no' vote is giving the victor, whoever that may be, the win without your participation.
Videos have to go hand in hand with your music, so that's why, ultimately, they should be created by the artist. And if they're not, it doesn't really add up to me.
You don't want to vilify your ego.
Dangerous because your present Administration and its specialized agencies by all accounts know no restraint in hitting out at any perceived enemy of America, and nobody or nothing can protect one from their vindictiveness.
I adopted a healthier diet. I take at least a tablespoon of apple-cider vinegar a day. It's an old wives' tale, but it really is one of the best things you can put in your mouth.
One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines.
Dedicate a lot of your time creating Vines and try to post daily.
Don't violate your own code of values and ethics, but don't waste energy trying to make other people violate theirs.
You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.
You're only one video away from going viral and changing your life.
I didn't come here without a visa, like everyone from China and Vietnam and Cuba. I came here by special plane... received by the ambassador, by the president of the United States. I should be the most honored man in your country.
Create your own visual style... let it be unique for yourself and yet identifiable for others.
