You are far more likely to do your best work if you are willing to delight a few as opposed to soothe the masses.

How often do our heroes stand still? It's hard to imagine Spock and Kirk landing on a planet and just relaxing for a month or two. Just hanging out has nothing to do with boldly going where no one has gone before. What makes us different from every other creature is that we go places, places we've not gone before. We do it willingly, and often. What makes our work and our life interesting is discovery, surprise, and the risk of exploration.

The most successful givers aren’t doing it because they’re being told to. They do it because doing it is fun. It gives them joy.

Art is the act of navigating without a map.

If you're working with a spreadsheet or a thread of correspondence or a set of data, I'm not sure you're doing your best work if you're doing it on an iPhone.

If you need to conceal your true nature to get in the door, understand that you'll probably have to conceal your true nature to keep that job.

Ideas don't get smaller when they're shared, they get bigger.