Language learning deserves special mention. It is, bar none, the best thing you can do to hone clear thinking.

It isn't enough to think outside the box. Thinking is passive. Get used to acting outside the box.

The bottom line is that you only have the rights you fight for.

I gauge success in years, not weeks. The weekend box-office approach to book launches is short sighted and encourages crappy books.

Doing something unimportant well does not make it important.

Companies that start by redesigning the economics of an industry often finish by redesigning the whole industry-and owning it.

There are no statues erected to critics.