If you're not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.

Do the emotional labor of working on things that others fear.

Human beings, thanks to culture and genetics, are inclined to be pessimistic, fearful, skeptical and believers in conspiracy theories. We also don't like change.

If you are deliberately trying to create a future that feels safe, you will willfully ignore the future that is likely.

The only long-term motivation is self motivation. So hire people who are self motivated and get out of their way.

I see things differently when I'm focused on opening doors for other people, and more often than not, my doors are opened as well.

Dreamers don't have special genes. They find circumstances that amplify their dreams.