When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.

In the long run, doing work that's important leads to more happiness than doing work that's merely profitable.

No one ever gets talker's block. No one wakes up in the morning, discovers he has nothing to say, and sits quietly, for days or weeks, until the muse hits, until the moment is right, until all the craziness in his life has died down.

You can be right or you can have empathy. You can't do both.

Discomfort brings engagement and change. Discomfort means you're doing something that others were unlikely to do, because they're hiding out in the comfortable zone. When your uncomfortable actions lead to success, the organization rewards you and brings you back for more.

Competence is no longer a scarce commodity.

Every revolution destroys the average middle first and most savagely.