Leaders are people who believe so passionately that they can seduce other people into sharing their dream.

People who cannot invent and reinvent themselves must be content with borrowed postures, secondhand ideas, fitting in instead of standing out.

Keep reminding people of what's important and that their fates are correlated.

See the long view: By all means "plant the corn, milk the cows, and feed the horses" but always keep the eventual "harvest" in mind.

Leaders do not avoid, repress, or deny conflict, but rather see it as an opportunity

Great leaders love talent and know where to find it. They surround themselves with talented people who can work effectively together.

The capacity for "uncontaminated wonder," ultimately, is what distinguishes the successful from the ordinary, the happily engaged players of whatever era from the chronically disappointed and malcontent. Therein lies a lesson for geeks, geezers, and the sea of people who fall in between.