You’re driving a brand new, top of the range, Mercedes-Benz, which just so happens to have a headlight out.

When you get out of the car people don’t say “hey nice car”, they’ll tell you you’ve got a broken headlight.

The same applies to your product - If it’s broken, users won’t care how good it looks.

Make sure the basics are working first, before you go showing off infront of everyone.

I’ve been asked a few times by baby-free colleagues, “what’s it like to be a Dad?”

To which I reply, “it’s a lot like working on an exciting project with a new client.”

First there’s that exciting moment when you get them home, then you have to…

• learn what they want
• meet their needs
• be reactive
• learn when to say no
• put in some late nights, and some early starts.

It’s exhausting, but when you look back and see what you achieved, it’s all worth it.

There’s a long road ahead of you, lots of traveling to do, bridges to cross, dead ends to discover. Sometimes you won’t even know if you’re going in the right direction - relying on instincts and experience to get you through. It’s going to take a great deal of effort and determination.

Coming up with ‘the idea’ for a product is effortless by comparison. It’s as much a part of the journey as picking a direction to start walking in - the first moments of long exhausting hike.

How much is your idea worth? On it’s own… not much.

It’s time, care and consideration that add value to the final product.

Execution is everything.

Your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.

The only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven’t found it yet, keep looking. Don’t settle.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

No matter how long you may live, you'll never stop learning. Every minute of every day brings new opportunities to learn something we've never known before. As long as we're open to receive, God will continue to teach us every day.

One of the most important facets I've learned about love is unselfishness, which is characterized in some book as a willingness to sacrifice one's own wishes for those of others. I've learned that true love will always adapt and adjust to the needs and desires of other people.