In order for connection to happen, we have to allow ourselves to be seen, really seen.

When you don't put your initials behind your name, and I've got tons of them, and when you talk about storytelling or love or gratitude, you're diminishing your legitimacy and importance in this world.

It’s no longer a question of can I do it. It’s a question of: Do I want to do it?

Vulnerability is about showing up and being seen. It's tough to do that when we're terrified about what people might see or think.

Empathy is the antidote to shame.

In a highly critical, scarcity-based world, everyone's afraid to fail. As long as we're afraid to fail, we'll never come up with the big, bold ideas we need to solve these problems.

Let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen, to love with our whole hearts, even though there's no guarantee... to practice gratitude and joy in those moments of terror, to be this vulnerable means that we’re alive.