No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.

The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.

Laptop computers dramatically increased the time people spend doing work. (The internet dramatically decreased it, so we're even).

Great leaders don't try to please everyone. Great leaders don't water down their message in order to make the tribe a bit bigger. Instead, they realize that a motivated, connected tribe in the midst of a movement is far more powerful than a larger group could ever be.

Put aside your need for a step-by-step manual and instead realize that analogies are your best friend.

Attention is a bit like real estate, in that they're not making any more of it. Unlike real estate, though, it keeps going up in value.

Here's conventional wisdom: Success makes you happy. Happiness permits you to be generous. In fact, it actually works like this: Generosity makes you happy. Happy people are more likely to be successful.