You can't fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people, once unfooled, talk about the experience.

The Cul-de-Sac ( French for "dead end" ) ... is a situation where you work and work and work and nothing much changes

Now, before sliced bread was invented in the 1910s I wonder what they said? Like the greatest invention since the telegraph or something. But... the thing about the invention of sliced bread is this - that for the first 15 years after sliced bread was available no one bought it; no one knew about it; it was a complete and total failure.

We don't need to be taught to make art, but sometimes we need permission to do so. Following instructions is overrated.

Marketing is a contest for people's attention.

Some people read business books looking for confirmation. I read them in search of disquiet. Confirmation is cheap, easy and ineffective. Restlessness and the scientific method, on the other hand, create a culture of testing and inquiry that can't help but push you forward.

'How was your day?' is a question that matters a lot more than it seems.