Brilliant thinking is rare, but courage is in even shorter supply than genius.

Rivalry causes us to overemphasize old opportunities and slavishly copy what has worked in the past.

Consider the trivial but revealing hallmarks of urban hipsterdom: faux vintage photography, the handlebar mustache, and vinyl record players all hark back to an earlier time when people were still optimistic about the future. If everything worth doing has already been done, you may as well feign an allergy to achievement and become a barista.

When you are starting a new business you don't want to go after giant markets. You want to go after small markets and take over those markets quickly.

I think somehow people should be encouraged to think about a very long time horizon and I think this is true for businesses, it's true for governments and it's true for people doing things in the non-profit sector.

Education needs to be rethought. Education does not just happen in college, but it also happens in developing skills which will enable people to contribute to our society as a whole.

The lowest-hanging fruit in preventative medicine is just to really focus on nutrition.