Your peer group are people with similar dreams, goals and worldviews. They are people who will push you in exchange for being pushed, who will raise the bar and tell you the truth. They're not in your business, but they're in your shoes. Finding a peer group and working with them, intentionally and on a regular schedule, might be the single biggest boost your career can experience.

When you are trusted because you care, it's quite likely the revenue will take care of itself

I look at Starbucks, Howard Schultz has made many brilliant decisions, and one of the things that they did was they invented the third space. It's not work, it's not home. That's one of the engines of its spread. But at the same time he was doing that, he bet the farm to open more and more stores in any given town, and making it ubiquitous made it much easier to say to your friend, I'll meet you at Starbucks.

Understanding the mythology of your partner, your customer and your audience is far more important than watching the instant replay of what actually happened.

Leadership is scarce because few people are willing to go through the discomfort required to lead.

It's uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle.

People are not afraid of failure, they're afraid of blame.