Whenever we have something that we are good at--something we care about--that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions.

I don't really collect books. I tend to lose interest in them the minute I've read them, so most of the books I've read are left in airplanes and hotel rooms.

Policy is driven by more than politics, however. It is equally driven by ideas.

Consistency is the most overrated of all human virtues... I'm someone who changes his mind all the time.

The difference between a crime of evil and a crime of illness is the difference between a sin and a symptom.

the 10,000hr rule is a definite key in success

Innovators have to be open. They have to be able to imagine things that others cannot and be willing to challenge their own preconceptions. They also need to be conscientious. An innovator who has brilliant ideas but lacks the discipline and persistence to carry them out is merely a dreamer ... But crucially, innovators need to be disagreeable ... They are people willing to take social risks-to do things that others might disapprove of.