Where do you put the fear when you choose to innovate? The fear is there, but you have to find a place to put it.

Don’t be different just to be different. Be different to be better.

What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.

Fear is the workout we give ourselves imagining what will happen if things don't work out. . . . Worry is our effort to imagine every possible way to avoid the outcome that is causing us fear, and failing that, to survive the thing that we fear if it comes to fruition.

Fitting in is a short-term strategy, standing out pays off in the long run.

As soon as we associate reading with a test, we've missed the point.

Everyone has failed, everyone has misspoken, everyone has meant well but done the wrong thing. Your favorite restaurants, cafes and books have all gotten a one-star review along the way. No brand is perfect, no individual can pretend to be either. Perfect can't possibly be the goal, we're left with generous, important and human instead.