The object isn't to be perfect. The goal isn't to hold back until you've created something beyond reproach. I believe the opposite is true. Our birthright is to fail and to fail often, but to fail in search of something bigger than we can imagine. To do anything else is to waste it all.

If you can embrace the idea that your success and happiness are tied up in defeating the fear that's holding you back, you're 90 percent of the way to where you need to go, because no, we're not kids, and no, this is not a bike.

Do you know what people want more than anything? They want to be missed.

If you work in an urgent-only culture, the only solution is to make the right things urgent.

The people that are doing work that matters aren't doing work thats popular. They're just doing work that changes some people.

If you have a book to write, write it. If you want to record an album, record it. No need to wait for someone in a cubicle halfway across the country to decide if you're worthy.

Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations