If you do a job where someone tells you exactly what to do, they will find someone cheaper than you to do it. And yet our schools are churning out kids who are stuck looking for jobs where the boss tells them exactly what to do.

Part of leadership (a big part of it actually) is the ability to stick with the dream for a long time.

The ONLY thing leaders have in common is the shared decision to lead.

Art is the act of navigating without a map.

Instead of working hard to keep their share of a shrinking pie, or working even harder to make sure the industry stays as is, I think the most essential thing legacy book industry players can do is set up independent ventures with great people and little interference and work really hard to put themselves out of business by starting at the bottom, not by reinforcing the top.

One key to learning and success is the willingness to try something new, and feel momentarily incompetent.

Every activity worth doing has a learning curve.