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.

If you are wiling to do something that might not work, you are closer to being an artist.

The organizations of the future are filled with smart, fast, flexible people on a mission

The myth that the CEO is going to discover you and nurture you and ask you to join her for lunch is just that, a Hollywood myth.

In fact, most of the time, people with similar information, similar beliefs and similar apparent choices will choose similar actions. So if you want to know why someone does what they do, start with what they know, what they believe and where they came from. Dismissing actions we don't admire merely because we don't care enough to have empathy is rarely going to help us make the change we seek. It doesn't help us understand, and it creates a gulf that drives us apart.

What people want is the extra, the emotional bonus they get when they buy something they love.

Sure, compare. But compare the things that matter to the journey you're on. The rest is noise.