Our job is obvious: we need to get out of the way, shine a light, and empower a new generation to teach itself and to go further and faster than any generation ever has.

Don't waste time looking for a better pencil: learn to write better.

The secret to being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong! The secret is being willing to be wrong. The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.

Fear for a linchpin is a clue that you're getting close to doing something important.

Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.

Just as we don't spend a lot of time worrying about how all those poets out there are going to monetize their poetry, the same is true for most bloggers.

The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don't know.