How dare you settle for less when the world has made it so easy for you to be remarkable?

If you're working with a spreadsheet or a thread of correspondence or a set of data, I'm not sure you're doing your best work if you're doing it on an iPhone.

Excellence isn’t about meeting the spec, it’s about setting the spec. It defines what the consumer sees as quality right this minute, and tomorrow, if you’re good, you’ll reset that expectation again

In a digital world, the gift I give you almost always benefits me more than it costs.

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.

Your history of work is as important as the work you'll do tomorrow.

One bad review doesn't ruin my day because I realize what a badge of honor it is to get a bit of criticism at all.