Insight is not a lightbulb that goes off inside our heads. It is a flickering candle that can easily be snuffed out.

I should point out that I have a picture of Asbel Kiprop as the screensaver on my phone. Is that embarrassing?

For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word capable of extinguishing it.

I've always been baffled by how much we over-rate the statistically insignificant differences that separate competitors at the top end of the distribution.

My earliest memories of my father are of seeing him work at his desk and realizing that he was happy. I did not know it then, but that was one of the most precious gifts a father can give his child.

Outlier are those who have been given opportunities-- -and who have had the strength and presence of mind to seize them.

...mediocre people find their way into positions of authority...because when it comes to even the most important positions, our selection decisions are a good deal less rational than we think.