Most ideas are born and lost in isolation.

The fact that time is ticking should motivate you to take action on your ideas.

All great inventions emerge from a long sequence of small sparks; the first idea often isn’t all that good, but thanks to collaboration it later sparks another idea, or it’s reinterpreted in an unexpected way. Collaboration brings small sparks together to generate breakthrough innovation.

The young and the ambitious share a common risk: appearing naive.

It's only by saying no that you can concentrate on the things that really matter.

You cannot ignore or completely escape the deeply ingrained short-term reward system within you. But you can become aware of what really motivates you and then tweak your incentives to sustain your long-term pursuits.

The vision of extraordinary achievement is,by definition, a few steps beyond consensus and conventional logic