If there's time for an emergency, why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?

Developing expertise or assets that are not easily copied is essential; otherwise you're just a middleman.

Every single important thing we do is something we didn't use to be good at, and in fact, might be something we used to fear.

After you produce you can select. you can curate. you can censor. But for now, have bad ideas, lots and lots of bad ideas.

Saying no to loud people gives you the resources to say yes to important opportunities.

No one can force you to stand up, speak up and make a difference. But if you back off and play along, please understand that whatever happens happened, at least in part, because you acquiesced.

Solving problems—actually solving them, not just claiming you do—solving perceived, urgent problems, is a surefire way to get the world to beat a path to your door.