Collected Wisdom

Abstract

Always make it look like you were never there. When you’re done with your food prep, clean up enough so that the next person using the kitchen doesn’t have do a clean up operation before beginning their own preparations.
Always clean the hard to clean utensils like colanders, micro plane and box graters immediately after you use them. Its super easy to clean them before the food bits fuse to all the nooks and crannies in the device.
Never pick up a hot cooking vessel without having a place ready for it to land. –Jeff Smith
Always keep your pot holders and hot mitts in the drawer closest to the stove. –Jeff Smith

“Your kids are not little versions of you; they are little versions of themselves.” –Merlin Mann
Everything is a phase.

“People go to therapy for those who don’t.” Needs attribution.
“Above all things, if kindness is your king, your heaven will be yours before you meet your end.” –Dave Matthews, Squirm
“Comparison is the thief of joy.” Origin
“Don’t hear what I’m not saying.” Needs attribution. Pretty sure I first heard Merlin Mann say it.
“Sometimes in life, even though it’s not your fault, it’s still your problem.” – Marco Arment
“People think about you much less than you either hope or fear.” – Merlin Mann
“Don’t set yourself on fire to keep others warm.” Needs attribution.
“You can be a kind person with a good heart and still tell people to fuck off when needed.” Origin
“Lessons come where you find them. Not necessarily where you looked for them.” Origin
“Make the book that is your life worth reading.” Origin

My favorite responses when people ask why I like running:
- It feels so damn good when I stop.
- It calms the voices in my head.
A lot of days, getting out the door to run is challenge, but when I’m done there are never any regrets about going.
Running with music is cheating. I’ve got documented proof that I run 20% faster listening to Avenged Sevenfold.
“They say you should treat your body like a temple. I treat mine like a fast-moving dumpster”. Origin
On the Utica Boilermaker Road Race…
- Yes, it really is like running through a 9.3 mile long party.
- Running with actual elite runners and first timers is equally humbling.
- Yes, I’ve been beaten by:
  - A guy wearing jeans and a flannel shirt; unclear if ironically.
  - A guy wearing sandals.
  - A guy running barefoot.
  - A guy who dribbled a basketball for the entire race.
On the Syracuse Mountain Goat:
- Feels like the Boilermaker’s kid brother, mostly in a good way.
- This is the race that taught how to YOLO my way down the big hills.
- “It doesn’t matter if you were in the right, if you get hit, you’re the one that gets hurt.” –Director of Syracuse Mountain Goat Training runs.
- “Pain is temporary, pride lasts forever.” “Pain is temporary, quiting lasts forever.” Origin

“A good leader takes a little more than his share of the blame, a little less than his share of the credit.” Arnold H. Glasow
“When you’re trying to help someone, focus on the help that the person needs rather than the help you feel like giving them.” Merlin Mann

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.” –often attributed to Abraham Lincoln, but doesn’t seem to actually be true.