The problem with taking offense is that it's really hard to figure out what to do with it after you're done using it. Better to just leave it on the table and walk away. Umbrage untaken quietly disappears.

Too often, we don't give people the opportunity to fill in the blanks.

It's much easier to spend a lot of time making your microphone louder than it is working on making your message more compelling.

What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's something that people have wanted forever.

I think that the economics of book publishing favor hits with long book runs. You make all your money on the last bunch of books, not the first.

How do I dance with the fear? Fear is not the enemy. Paralysis is the enemy.

The first step toward becoming extraordinary is, of course, to stop being ordinary.