I've always admired people who are over-prepared.

The best gift an educator can give is to get somebody to become self reflective.

When you're screwing up and nobody says anything to you anymore, that means they've given up on you.

I was hugely impressed... was the ultimate example of a man who knew what he didn't know, was perfectly willing to admit it, and didn't want to leave until he understood. That's heroic to me. I wish every grad student had that attitude.

The person who failed often knows how to avoid future failures.

Be willing to apologize. Proper apologies have three parts: 1) What I did was wrong. 2) I'm sorry that I hurt you. 3) How do I make it better? It's the third part that people tend to forget. Apologize when you screw up and focus on other people, not on yourself.

If you can find your footing between two cultures, sometimes you can have the best of both worlds.