Life is pretty simple: You do some stuff. Most fails. Some works. You do more of what works. If it works big, others quickly copy it. Then you do something else. The trick is the doing something else.

"Old" is definitely not cool in America. Never has been.

The dumbest mistake is viewing design as something you do at the end of the process to 'tidy up' the mess, as opposed to understanding it's a 'day one' issue and part of everything.

I think economics is about passion. Economic progress, whether it is a two-person coffee shop or whether it is Netscape, is about people with brave ideas. Because it is brave to mortgage the house, when you've got two kids, to start a coffee shop.

The simple act of paying positive attention to people has a great deal to do with productivity.

If the person you delegated to does the job twice as well as you would have done it, consider yourself a leader.

An ability to embrace new ideas, routinely challenge old ones, and live with paradox will be the effective leader's premier trait.