Leadership is the art of giving people a platform for spreading ideas that work.

Put aside your need for a step-by-step manual and instead realize that analogies are your best friend.

What I learned: Shun nonbelievers. Ignore critics. Do your best for people who want to dance with you.

Marketing is the act of inventing the product. The effort of designing it. The craft of producing it. The art of pricing it. The technique of selling it.

The essence of marketing today is to tell a story to people who want to hear it, in a way that resonates with them so they are likely to either respond or connect to you, or tell their friends.

The tragedy is that society (your school, your boss, your government, your family) keeps drumming the genius part out. The problem is that our culture has engaged in a Faustian bargain, in which we trade our genius and artistry for apparent stability.

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