James Gosling在他May 08,2004的Blog的帖子：《The world needs more crazy people》谈到了一些做事的原则，可以作为思考的引子；更要警醒、反省、鼓励自己。

“Most real innovation is done by crazy people doing crazy things. The keys are:

* Learn all you can before you go adventuring.
* Don't be afraid to make mistakes.
* Only make new mistakes.
* Keep your eyes open.
* Don't just look straight ahead: develop your peripheral vision.
* It's the things that go in unexpected directions are the most important."