People who are reading my books, or who are thinking about it, have some general idea about the concept of strategy. They're better off than somebody that has none. So I would never say it's useless.

The need for certainty is the greatest disease the Mind faces

A lot of people in college go astray because they choose something that doesn't really, really connect to them. And if it doesn't connect to you, you're not able to put in that 10,000 hours that people talk about. You don't have the focus. And you start off in life on the wrong foot and you never get back.

The moment people feel they know what to expect from you, your spell on them is broken.

Expand your notion of what adversity is.

Hip-hop has a feeling element, it's not just about knowing music. It's not like classical music or jazz where you can go on raw energy.

If you are worried about what others might think and about how your position in the group might be jeopardized, then you will never really create anything.