If you essentially put yourself in an auditory cave, you?re going to miss opportunities to learn by observing what others are doing, by overhearing.

They've essentially abdicated responsibility for fuel economy to the automakers.

You can learn so much just by observing.

Allow opportunities so they won't become missed opportunities.

Patience is not something that you keep; patience is something that you learn. How is patience learnt? By sitting with those who have patience and by observing those who have patience.

We need to learn to mark up better. We got frustrated that they were getting opportunities and forgot about what we were doing. It worked for us then we fell apart.