If you want to be a leader, go lead

I think it's fascinating to note that some of the most successful organizations of our time got there by focusing obsessively on service, viewing compensation as an afterthought or a side effect. As marketing gets more and more expensive, it turns out that caring for people is a useful shortcut to trust, which leads to all the other things that a growing organization seeks.

Self sufficiency appears to be a worthy goal, but it's now impossible if you want to actually get anything done. All our productivity, leverage and insight comes from being part of a community, not apart from it. The goal, I think, is to figure out how to become more dependent, not less.

It's uncomfortable to challenge the status quo.

Our cultural instinct is to wait to get pickedNo one is going to pick you. Pick yourself.

Gratitude and opportunity create more of the same.

Listen to your fear but don't obey it.