Excellence isn't about meeting the spec, it's about setting the spec.

The time to look for a new job is when you don't need one. The time to switch jobs is before it feels comfortable.

If you're not willing to get your 'worst one ever' out of the way, how will you possibly do better than that?

But if the cow is purple, you'd notice it, OK? The thing that's going to decide what gets talked about, what gets done, what gets changed, what gets purchased, what gets built is, is it remarkable? And remarkable's a really cool word 'cause we think it just means neat, but it also means worth making a remark about, and that is the essence of where idea diffusion is going.

The essence of marketing today is to tell a story to people who want to hear it, in a way that resonates with them so they are likely to either respond or connect to you, or tell their friends.

Sooner or later, many idealists transform themselves into disheartened realists who mistakenly believe that giving up is the same thing as being realistic.

Without people pushing against your quest to do something worth talking about, it's unlikely to be worth the journey. Persist.