For most people, life would be boring without meaningful work.

Most people are good at a handful of things and utterly miserable at most.

The biggest misconception about work is that you need to spend the majority of your time doing it.

I open each class with an explanation of the singular importance of being a "dealmaker." The manifesto of the dealmaker is simple: Reality is negotiable.

Learn to be difficult when it counts. In school as in life, having a reputation for being assertive will help you receive preferential treatment without having to beg or fight for it every time.

If you take a strong stance and have a clear opinion or statement on any subject online, you're going to polarize people. And without that polarity, there's no discussion. Discussion is what I want, which means that I'm fine with the consequences.

To do the impossible, you need to ignore the popular.