Vulnerability sounds like truth and feels like courage. Truth and courage aren't always comfortable, but they're never weakness.

The universe is not short on wake-up calls. We’re just quick to hit the snooze button.

The truth is, I'm a storyteller. And it scares me, because my training as an academic is that the more accessible you are and the more human you are, the less smart you are. It's a shame trigger for me to be honest.

We cannot ignore our pain and feel compassion for it at the same time.

Vulnerability is the core, the heart, the center, of meaningful human experience.

Those who have a strong sense of love and belonging have the courage to be imperfect.

Perfection is crucial in building an aircraft, a bridge, or a high-speed train. The code and mathematics residing just below the surface of the Internet is also this way. Things are either perfectly right or they will not work. So much of the world we work and live in is based upon being correct, being perfect.