It's about thinking in terms of abundance and opportunity rather than of scarcity and adversarial competition. But no problem is ever solved by those, who, when they fail, look for someone to blame instead of something to do. An idea can turn into dust or magic, depending on the talent that rubs against it. A man can do only what he can do. But if he does that each day he can sleep at night and do it again the next day.
All successful newspapers are ceaselessly querulous and bellicose.
In mentoring and networking, both givers and receivers prosper because of the relationship, information, and understandings generated. Putting first things first means organizing and executing around your most important priorities. It will be of more use to you than to be able to read Latin. It just isn't living at all. Then, when he's thirteen, gremlins carry him away and leave in his place a stranger who gives you not a moment's peace.