Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have all gotten a one-star review along the way. No brand is perfect, no individual can pretend to be either. Perfect can't possibly be the goal, we're left with generous, important and human instead.

The internet was supposed to homogenize everyone by connecting us all. Instead what it's allowed is silos of interest.

Leaders have followers, managers have employees. Managers make widgets, leaders make change.

You have brilliance in you, your contribution is valuable, and the art you create is precious. Only you can do, and you must.

Blaming the system is soothing because it lets you off the hook. But when the system is broken, we wonder why you were relying in the system in the first place.

If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power.

Give up control and give it away ... The more you give your idea away, the more your company is going to be worth.