It's nice to be happy. But the meaning of life is meaning - what's the impact you're having on the world. Suffering to accomplish that is a perfectly fine thing.

There's an ability to learn & adapt, an ability to constantly have a vision that's driving you, but to be taking input from all sources.

...Silicon Valley's success comes from the way its companies build alliances with their employees.

This is classic when you begin thinking about what is a great founder is, you navigate what is apparent paradoxes.

Donald Trump has shown that he will essentially attack individuals, make Second Amendment jokes.

The underpinnings of the alliance: the company helps the employee transform his career; the employee helps the company transform.

One of the tests that I frequently use in an interaction is I push on the idea and what I'm looking for is both flexibility & persistence.