If you can clearly articulate the dream or the goal, start.

Leadership is not about being in charge. Leadership is about taking care of those in your charge.

I'm a messenger. I'm one piece of a giant jigsaw puzzle.

We pursue exercise even though empirically we see no benefit from the energy we're spending and we're hurting. So empirically we should quit. The why is exactly the same thing. You persist even though there are some short-term stresses and even though there is some uncertainty.

Mergers are like marriages. They are the bringing together of two individuals. If you wouldn't marry someone for the 'operational efficiencies' they offer in the running of a household, then why would you combine two companies with unique cultures and identities for that reason?

What good is an idea if it remains an idea? Try. Experiment. Iterate. Fail. Try again. Change the world.

Stand for people. Not a product or service or metric or number. If we stand for real, living, breathing people, we will change the world.