Leaders inspire us because they bring out the best in us.

The direction worth going in isn't up, down, forward, or backward. It's towards. And beyond.

Let’s summarize. What is awesomeness? Awesomeness happens when thick — real, meaningful — value is created by people who love what they do, added to insanely great stuff, and multiplied by communities who are delighted and inspired because they are authentically better off. That’s a better kind of innovation, built for 21st century economics.

It's probably your fiercest critics - not your compatriots - who have the sharpest, most resonant insights.

Each and every one of us is a leader. Some of us just don't know it yet.

You get one life. And if you make the mistake of choosing a profession that doesn't enrich anybody but you, you wont even live that one

Follow your passion, we’re often told. But how do you find your passion? Let me put it another way: what is it that breaks your heart about the world? It’s there that you begin to find what moves you. If you want to find your passion, surrender to your heartbreak. Your heartbreak points towards a truer north — and it’s the difficult journey towards it that is, in the truest sense, no mere passing idyllic infatuation, but enduring, tempestuous passion.