Petty things become unimportant when people are impassioned about a purpose higher than self.

There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature.

Strategy is important, but trust is the hidden variable. On paper you can have clarity around your objectives, but in a low-trust environment, your strategy won't be executed.

Your systems are perfectly designed to get the results that you are getting.

I think the most significant work we'll do in our whole life, in our whole world is done within the four walls of our home.

The fire inside people is like a match; the way to ignite that flame is initially through friction, then other matches are lit through warmth.

In this knowledge-worker age, it's now increasingly tied to doing well in school so you can get into better grad schools so you can get better jobs - so the pressure to do well is really high.