Fear is the workout we give ourselves imagining what will happen if things don't work out. . . . Worry is our effort to imagine every possible way to avoid the outcome that is causing us fear, and failing that, to survive the thing that we fear if it comes to fruition.

As you've probably discovered, great work makes us uncomfortable.

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there. People will follow.

Black Friday is a media trap, an orchestrated mass hallucination based on herd dynamics and the media cycle.

Your history of work is as important as the work you'll do tomorrow.

You market when you hire and when you fire. You market when you call tech support, and you market every time you send a memo.

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.