Guiding Principles

I was just feeling reflective, and wanted to write down some principles that seem to be especially important to me.

1. Hope for the best but plan for the worst.
2. Pursuit of passion breeds success, and pursuit of comfort breeds mediocrity.
3. There is nothing wrong with compromise, except when you compromise yourself.

I'm not sure quite how these relate to whats going on these days, but I wanted to keep them around for future reference.