Initiating is really and truly difficult, and that's what leaders do. They see something others are ignoring and they jump on it.

Art is a personal act of courage.

What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's something that people have wanted forever.

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.

If we live in a world where information drives what we do, the information we get becomes the most important thing. The person who chooses that information has power.

Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.

Flexible in the face of change, resilient in the face of confusion. All of these attributes are choices, not talents, and all of them are available to you.