Albert Einstein said: Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again expecting different results.

In my years I have learned to choose my battles. Professionally and personally – if you are constantly fighting you will be disappointed a lot. It’s wise to stick to the cause that will directly affect your life in a big way.

When it comes to personal life, I don’t call them fights as much as grand gestures.  The grand gesture is meant to be a catalyst – something that causes something important to happen.  They can be big, and they can be small – but they are tailored especially for the person.  They may come off as a bit loco, even.  Riding a pretty rockin’ phenylethylamin surge, you are absolutely, positively pretty sure that they will be received well, because you think you know them.

If they don’t work, your catalyst turns into a cataclysm – cutting you apart from the inside.  For this reasons, these gestures are few and far between; I think I’ve done this… three times in my life.  Each seems to set the pace for the years that follow. [..]