The future isn't so much about absorbing or tolerating change, it's about making change.

More than anything else, I think prospects, customers and citizens watch what you do more than they listen to what you say.

If you believe that a given situation should make you unhappy, then it will, and the unhappiness will then reinforce the condition.

Mostly, the best way to be the next Mark Zuckerberg is to make difficult choices.

Art is when we do work that matters in a creative way, in a way that touches (people) and changes them for the better.

Learn. Ceaselessly. Learn to code, to write persuasively, to understand new technologies, to bring out the best in your team, to find underused resources and to spot patterns.

What makes someone an artist? I don't think is has anything to do with a paintbrush. There are painters who follow the numbers, or paint billboards, or work in a small village in China, painting reproductions. These folks, while swell people, aren't artists. On the other hand, Charlie Chaplin was an artist, beyond a doubt. So is Jonathan Ive, who designed the iPod. You can be an artist who works with oil paints or marble, sure. But there are artists who work with numbers, business models, and customer conversations. Art is about intent and communication, not substances.