Earn trust, earn trust, earn trust. Then you can worry about the rest.

We do not need to teach students to embrace the status quo.

Play a new game, not the older game but faster.

The rest of the world isn't nearly as important as the few who are here.

Yes, I think it's okay to abandon the big, established, stuck tribe. It's okay to say to them, "You're not going where I need to go, and there's no way I'm going to persuade all of you to follow me. So rather than standing here watching the opportunities fade away, I'm heading off. I'm betting some of you, the best of you, will follow me.

You don't have to settle. It's a choice you get to make every day.

If you measure it, it will improve.