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

Not changing your strategy merely because you're used to the one you have now is a lousy strategy.

Care. Care more than you need to, more often than expected, more completely than the other guy.

Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it's a lot easier to launch work that matters.

That's your opportunity - to approach your work in a way that generates unique learning and interactions that are worth sharing.

The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.

The desire that we have to do something that’s never been done before means that the people who are around you generally will not encourage you to do it…if they were encouraging you to do it, then other people would be doing it already and it wouldn’t be unique.