TiVo and other digital recording devices have confounded advertisers. The ad industry sees the technology as a threat to their product.

If our parents fixed everything for us and did not allow us to do anything on our own, or intervened every single time, we would all grow up to be completely dependent.

Leaders don’t complain about what’s not working. Leaders celebrate what is working and work to amplify it.

Starbucks was founded around the experience and the environment of their stores. Starbucks was about a space with comfortable chairs, lots of power outlets, tables and desks at which we could work and the option to spend as much time in their stores as we wanted without any pressure to buy. The coffee was incidental.

Leadership is not about being a nice person or not a nice person.

We should never change our minds about where we are going, but always be curious about different ways to get there.

If you have the opportunity to do amazing things in your life, I strongly encourage you to invite someone to join you.