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

Every single important thing we do is something we didn't use to be good at, and in fact, might be something we used to fear.

One way to think about running a successful business is to figure out what the least you can do is, and do that.

If you're different somehow and have made yourself unique, people will find you and pay you more.

One reason people who spend a lot of time thinking about and working on a problem or a craft seem to find breakthroughs more often than everyone else is that they've failed more often than everyone else.

You can be right or you can have empathy. You can't do both.

The media wants overnight successes (so they have someone to tear down). Ignore them. Ignore the early adopter critics that never have enough to play with. Ignore your investors that want proven tactics and predictable instant results. Listen instead to your real customers, to your vision and make something for the long haul. Because that's how long it's going to take, guys.