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I try to manage my day by my circadian rhythms because the creativity is such an elusive thing, and I could easily just stomp over it doing my administrative stuff. Scott Adams

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Before 'Dilbert,' I tried to become a computer programmer. In the early days of computing, I bought this big, heavy, portable computer for my house. I spent two years nights and weekends trying to write games that I thought I would sell. Turns out I'm not that good a programmer, so that was two years that didn't work out. Scott Adams

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Obviously there's not much options when you're a cartoonist - you pretty much either work at home or rent an office I guess, and working at home just seems easier. Scott Adams

Work Home You Guess Easier Cartoonist Pretty Seems Obviously Rent Office Options Just Either Much Working

I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you immediately. Scott Adams

You Financial Immediately Physical Risk Emotional Attraction Than Anything Perverse

I've always defined myself not as a cartoonist, but as an entrepreneur. That was true before I tried cartooning. I always imagined cartooning would be how I got my seed capital. I always thought my other businesses would be the less dominant part of my life. Scott Adams

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If you see voters as rational, you'll be a terrible politician. People are not wired to be rational. Our brains simply evolved to keep us alive. Brains did not evolve to give us truth. Brains merely give us movies in our minds that keeps us sane and motivated. But none of it is rational or true, except maybe sometimes by coincidence. Scott Adams

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Many, if not most, career opportunities come to you through people you know. So the more people you know, the more opportunities you have. Improving your social network is a great example of a system for moving from lower odds to better odds without having a specific goal. Scott Adams

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One way to compensate for a tiny brain is to pretend to be dead. Scott Adams

Way Pretend One-Way Dead Brain Tiny Compensate

Home is pretty utopian. Scott Adams

Home Pretty Utopian

My investments have been hurt. Scott Adams

Hurt Investments Been

I'm primarily just an investor. Scott Adams

Investor Primarily Just

I'm predicting that we'll finally have a computer will search my e-mail automatically and delete every message that begins with 'thought you'd be interested,' and then give an electrical shock to the sender to remind him or her to stop send that kind of message. Scott Adams

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The computer cuts my production time in half. I love it. Scott Adams

Love Time Half Computer Cuts Production

I'm surrendering myself to the realities of the Internet. Scott Adams

Myself Internet Surrendering Realities

Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free. Scott Adams

Life Work Best Rest Free Like Parts

Success is entirely accessible, even if you happen to be a huge screw-up 95 percent of the time. Scott Adams

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I've tried lots of things. The reality is, I'm excited by everything on Day 1. And if by Day X things aren't working the way I hoped, I lose my passion. I have not seen the correlation between my passion and my success. Scott Adams

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If you have a reasonable system for pursuing success, it can survive a lot of face-plants along the way. That knowledge makes success seem accessible. If you think successful people have some sort of superpower or special connections, why try? Scott Adams

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My dad was an inventor, and I think I've always had a rosy view of technology, or at least its potential. Scott McCloud

Technology Think Potential Inventor Had Always Least View Rosy Dad

It would take a lifetime to read all the webcomics published in one year. Scott McCloud

Year Would Take Lifetime Read Published

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