Brian Cheung

“Organizations which design systems are constrained to produce systems which are copies of the communication structures of these organizations.”
― Frederick P. Brooks Jr., The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering

“We’re most reactive to the things we secretly accuse ourselves of.”
― Michael P. Nichols, The Lost Art of Listening: How Learning to Listen Can Improve Relationships

“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.”—John Gall”
― Timothy Ferriss, Tribe Of Mentors: Transformative Wisdom From Icons and Innovators to Help You Navigate Life's Challenges

“How lucky I am to have known somebody and something that saying goodbye to is so damned awful.”
― Evans G. Valens, The Other Side of the Mountain: The Story of Jill Kinmont