Knowledge workers train, sprint, rest, and re-assess. Inspiration is perishable – act on it immediately. Be impatient with actions but patient with results.

Yes no yes no yes no?Red blue?Yes red, no blue?No red, yes no?In out, up down?Do don’t, can can’t?Choices sit on the shelf lifeNew shoes in a shoe shop.If the in crowd are squeezing into...

The race is long, and I am sprinting. If I ever see her again, I’ll probably be too out of breath to tell her I love her.

In the long run, even a marathon looks like a sprint. This is how I can love with such Roger Bannisteresque intensity.

My love started the day I was born. If you run you can probably catch up. Remember, think marathon—not sprint.

Maya Angelou entered our lives at Virago in 1984, when we first published I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. “Entered our lives” is too tame. She danced, sang, and laughed her way straight into...