No matter how convenient it is for us to reach out to people remotely, sometimes the most important task is to show up in person.

If you just go out and try to make money by starting a business, you're going to come up with something that's just like what everyone else has done. But if you look at the world and see opportunities that can be taken more seriously, then you come up with a great idea.

The most important things are actually the easiest to obtain: great friends, good food, and a decent bottle of wine.

If whatever you do helps just one person, you've done something wonderful.

When you incorporate giving into your business in an authentic and transparent way, your customers become your best marketers.

When people start serving together, they forgot about all their stress, [...] all their own problems. They start focusing on someone else's.

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.