Leaders trust their guts. "Intuition" is one of those good words that has gotten a bad rap. For some reason, intuition has become a "soft" notion. Garbage! Intuition is the new physics. It's an Einsteinian, seven-sense, practical way to make tough decisions. Bottom line, circa 2001 to 2010: The crazier the times are, the more important it is for leaders to develop and to trust their intuition.

Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what I've been good at.

But there's no substitute for getting smarter faster. And the way you get smarter is to screw around vigorously. Try stuff. See what works. See what fails miserably. Learn. Rinse. Repeat.

Communication is everyone's panacea for everything.

The difference between great and average is, mostly, having the imagination and zeal to re-create yourself daily.

Listen to Everyone. Ideas come from everywhere

I would not be surprised to see interesting new forms of expression and literary genres develop as the e-book movement matures.