I'm convinced that ideas and behaviors and new products move through a population very much like a disease does.

It's not how much money we make that ultimately makes us happy between nine and five. It's whether or not our work fulfills us. Being a teacher is meaningful.

The single most important thing a city can do is provide a community where interesting, smart people want to live with their families.

Flom had the same experience...He didn't triumph over adversity. Instead, what started out as adversity ended up being an opportunity.

The 10,000-hours rule says that if you look at any kind of cognitively complex field, from playing chess to being a neurosurgeon, we see this incredibly consistent pattern that you cannot be good at that unless you practice for 10,000 hours, which is roughly ten years, if you think about four hours a day.

Did they know why they knew? Not at all. But the Knew!

The nature of athletic celebrity is increasingly moving away from the actual field of play.