The key to great storytelling is to find the universal truth in the specific.

Here's an insight that I've had about success: You can't be successful at everything. We hear a lot of talk about work-life balance. Nonsense. You can't have it all. You can't. So any vision of success has to admit what it's losing out on, where the element of loss is. And I think any wise life will accept, as I say, that there is going to be an element where we're not succeeding.

Trend-following is not such a good model. It’s simply eroded. Things change and being able to adjust is what made Mr. Simons so successful. “Statistic predictor signals erode over the next several years； it can be five years or 10 years. You have to keep coming up with new things because the market is against us. If you don’t keep getting better， you’re going to do worse.

The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra.

Success isn't about fame or money; it's about doing what you love and sharing it with others.