More and more people now have jobs that require them to confront the risk of appearing stupid on a regular basis.

The largest enemy of change isn't 'no', it's 'not yet' - that is the easiest way to forestall change.

What you do for a living is not be creative, what you do for a living is ship.

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.

Playing the game is a form of winning the game. In those competitions, we win by being resilient.

A brilliant author or businesswoman or senator or software engineer is brilliant only in tiny bursts. The rest of the time, they’re doing work that most any trained person could do.

The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.