When you don't know the rules, you break them all. It's hard to take big risks when you know the history of an industry and what has worked and what didn't.

With technology today, companies are less in control of their brand

Instead of squirreling away your earnings early in your career, spend on experiences that will enrich your life - like diving with great white sharks. It can expose you to influential people who could open doors for you.

Your backpack is a part of your identity as a student.

I don't think college is for everyone. School is awesome, but for me, I was learning a lot more outside the classroom in the real world than I was in school.

The greatest competitive advantage is to allow your employees to be part of something. Something bigger than what you're doing.

Facts are neutral until human beings add their own meaning to those facts. People make their decisions based on what the facts mean to them, not on the facts themselves. The meaning they add to facts depends on their current story … facts are not terribly useful to influencing others. People don’t need new facts—they need a new story.