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

The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys.

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

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

Just about every great, brave or beautiful thing in our culture was created by someone who didn't do it for money.

Most of your competition spend their days looking forward to those rare moments when everything goes right. Imagine how much leverage you have if you spend your time maximizing those common moments when it doesn't.

When we intentionally seek out the difficult tasks, we're much more likely to actually create value.