Practice works because practice gives us a chance to relax enough to make smart choices.

The question isn’t whether or not you should wait to be picked, the question is whether you care enough to pick yourself.

Fans, true fans, are hard to find and precious. Just a few can change everything. What they demand, though, is generosity and bravery.

We need students who can learn how to learn, who can discover how to push themselves and are generous enough and honest enough to engage with the outside world to make those dreams happen.

Take the long way. Do the hard work, consistently and with generosity and transparency. And then you won't waste time doing it over.

The only reason to buy a paper book any longer is to own it and cherish it and remember it and tell a story about it.

No more than six words on a slide. Ever. There is no presentation so complex that this rule needs to be broken.