Or, if I take that same auditorium and I make it much bigger and put more space between seats, it'll be quieter because it's much harder when you're not in physical contact with people to spread a virus from person-to-person, right? There are all sorts of patterns that we see in epidemiology that help us understand why something spreads.

One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find breakthroughs more often than everyone else is that they've failed more often than everyone else.

One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that.

By my definition, most art has nothing to do with oil paint or marble. Art is what we're doing when we do our best work.

Here's conventional wisdom: Success makes you happy. Happiness permits you to be generous. In fact, it actually works like this: Generosity makes you happy. Happy people are more likely to be successful.

Be bold, make mistakes, learn a lesson, and fix what doesn't work.

The reason social media is so difficult for most organizations: It’s a process, not an event.