I found that competition was supposed to be a menace and that a good manager circumvented his competitors by getting a monopoly by artificial means.

How exciting is it to come to work if the best you can do is trounce some other company that does roughly the same thing?

I think it is often easier to make progress on mega-ambitious dreams. Since no one else is crazy enough to do it, you have little competition. In fact, there are so few people this crazy that I feel like I know them all by first name.

My motto is: Always get even. When somebody screws you, screw them back in spades.

Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.

When somebody challenges you, fight back. Be brutal, be tough.