Throughout my academic career, I'd given some pretty good talks. But being considered the best speaker in the computer science department is like being known as the tallest of the Seven Dwarfs.

Wait long enough and people will surprise and impress. When you're pissed off at someone and you're angry at them, you just haven't given them enough time. Just give them a little more time and they almost always will impress you.

Do not tell people how to live their lives. Just tell them stories and they will figure out how those stories apply to them.

Show gratitude. Gratitude is a simple but powerful thing.

Experience is often the most valuable thing you have to offer.

Believe nothing a man tells you and everything he shows you"....(Taken from a farewell video from a dying father to his infant daughter on dating)

Find the best in everybody, no matter how long you have to wait for them to show it