I'm Used To Being Productive, Ever Since

You Have Various Institutions Like Law Firms And Accounting Firms Which Bill By The Hour. I'm Really Against That. You Have An Incentive To Go Slowly, Be There As Long As Possible, To Over-research Things And Over-staff.

The Quality Of American Patents Has Been Deteriorating For Years; They Are Increasingly Issued For Products And Processes That Are Not Truly Innovative - Things Like The Queuing System For Netflix, Which Was Patented In 2003. Yes, It Makes Renting Movies A Snap, But Was It Really A Breakthrough Deserving Patent Protection?

Most People Get Overwhelmed By The Insignificant Decisions Of Their Lives. I'm Urging People To Minimize The Time Spent On These When They're Not Critical To Their Most Important Goals.

America Is The Only Major Country That Tries To Ascertain Who Was The First Applicant To Invent The Product Or Procedure. This May Seem Fair, But Long Proceedings To Determine Precisely When Each Party Conceived An Idea Result Mostly In Keeping Innovations From Hitting The Market.

The Night Before, Go Over Your Schedule And See What You're Going To Do And What The Purpose Of What You're Doing Is. I Advocate Having A Two-column Schedule. On The Left, Put Down All Your Appointments And Phone Calls. On The Right, Put Down What The Purpose Is.