The reason they want you to fit in... is that once you do, then they can ignore you.

If you take action, you will be judged. There's no way around it. The alternative, of course, is much safer. To be ignored. Up to you.

The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.

The resistance is the voice in your head telling you to use bullets in your PowerPoint slides...It’s the voice that tells you to leave controversial ideas out of the paper you’re writing, because the teacher won’t like them. The resistance pushes relentlessly for you to fit in.

The key to getting a reputation for being brilliant is actually being brilliant, not just acting like you are.

A customer is never out of warranty, even if his product is.

If you want to dig a big hole, you need to stay in one place.