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.

The easiest way to thrive as an outlier is to avoid being one. At least among your most treasured peers. Surround yourself with people in at least as much of a hurry, at least as inquisitive, at least as focused as you are.

It might be bold to put your work into the world unadorned, but it's probably ineffective.

If you do a job where someone tells you exactly what to do, they will find someone cheaper than you to do it. And yet our schools are churning out kids who are stuck looking for jobs where the boss tells them exactly what to do.

Low price is a great way to sell a commodity. That's not marketing though, that's efficiency.

Many people believe that great designers get great clients. It's the other way around.

Great leaders create movements by empowering the tribe to communicate. They establish the foundation for people to make connections, as opposed to commanding people to follow them.