Design Rules....

As as programmer I always struggled on design document. Sometimes the document are mixed with languages and sometimes the whole story has been cut-paste.

#1. Talent is one-third of the success equation...Hardwork and luck is also needed
#2. 95% of any creative profession is shit work ...rest 5% is fun
#3. If everything is equally important, then nothing is very important.
#4. Don’t over-think a problem.
#5. Start with what you know; then remove the unknowns...Draw what you know.
#6. Don’t forget your goal...
#7. When you throw your weight around, you usually fall off balance.
#8. It all comes down to output and the rest of the world counts.
#9. Its not a novel its a document somebody gonna read it.

This is very well applies in software design...I don't know if it make sense in other field ?