That Was It! The Whole Redwood City

The Particular Skill That Allows You To Talk Your Way Out Of A Murder Rap, Or Convince Your Professor To Move You From The Morning To The Afternoon Section, Is What The Psychologist Robert Sternberg Calls "practical Intelligence." To Sternberg, Practical Intelligence Includes Things Like "knowing What To Say To Whom, Knowing When To Say It, And Knowing How To Say It For For Maximum Effect.

Success Is A Function Of Persistence And Doggedness And The Willingness To Work Hard.

Science Fiction Annoyed Me Because It Was Like, "why Is The World As It Is Not Enough For You?"

People Who Are Busy Doing Things - As Opposed To People Who Are Busy Sitting Around, Like Me, Reading And Having Coffee In Coffee Shops -don't Have Opportunities To Kind Of Collect And Organize Their Experiences And Make Sense Of Them.

People Can't Do Much About The Fate Part, But We Can Certainly Do A Lot About The Man Part.