No need to hurry. No need to sparkle. No need to be anybody but oneself.
The development of algorithms is both an art and a science.
"In a world of scarcity, the most valuable resource is not oil or gold, but imagination."
The truth is not always beautiful, nor beautiful words the truth.
Exceed your customers' expectations. If you do, they'll come back over and over. Give them what they want — and a little more.
It is remarkable how much long-term advantage people like us have gotten by trying to be consistently not stupid, instead of trying to be very intelligent.