Marketing yourself to a new person often involves being charismatic, clever and quick-but most jobs and most relationships are about being consistent, persistent and brave.

Ideas aren't a sideshow that make our factory a little more valuable. Our factory is a sideshow that makes our ideas a little more valuable!

Things that look like shortcuts are actually detours (disguised as less work).

The problem with requiring people to be loud and angry to get things done is that you're now surrounded by people who are loud and angry.

Just start. Start now. Fail often. Enjoy the ride.

A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.

We're going to spend our entire future living in tomorrow-investing now, when it's difficult, is the single best moment.