Repeated psychology tests have proven that telling someone your goal makes it less likely to happen.

If you're not saying 'Hell Yeah' about something, say 'No'.

Care about your customers more than about yourself, and you'll do well.

Make every decision—even decisions about whether to expand the business, raise money, or promote someone—according to what's best for your customers.

Making a company is a great way to improve the world while improving yourself.

The first follower is actually an underestimated form of leadership in itself. … The first follower is what transforms a lone nut into a leader.

Go find very early versions of things: the first TV pilot of a later-successful TV show; early audition tapes by famous actors; early demos by famous musicians. Focus on these early examples, not what they became over the next 20 years. Remember that what you're doing will constantly improve.