For every romantic possiblity, no matter how robust, there exists at least one equal and opposite sentence, phrase, or word capable of extinguishing it.
We are approaching levels – if we’re not beyond levels – of threshold for the number of messages that consumers can take in in a given day. There is a kind of hunger for some kind of new approach to getting the word out about something.
We vary greatly in the natural advantages that we’ve been given. The world’s not fair.
We prematurely write off people as failures. We are too much in awe of those who succeed and far too dismissive of those who fail.
Whenever we have something that we are good at – something we care about – that experience and passion fundamentally change the nature of our first impressions.
I’m someone who can provide an intellectual framework, but I can’t tell people who are trying to sell Product X how to do that because I don’t know, and I would be faking it if I attempted to step into that role.
There is more going on beneath the surface than we think, and more going on in little, finite moments of time than we would guess.
I have a new way of doing things, and I don’t care if you think I’m crazy.
Asian culture has a profoundly different relationship to work. It rewards people who are persistent.
The difference between a crime of evil and a crime of illness is the difference between a sin and a symptom.
I know it sounds hard to believe, but habits laid down by our ancestors persist even after the conditions that created those habits have gone away.
Of the great entrepreneurs of this era, people will have forgotten Steve Jobs.
The people at the top don’t work just harder or even much harder than everyone else. They work much, much harder.
Instead of thinking about talent as something that you acquire, talent should be thought of as something that you develop.
The issue isn’t the accuracy of the bombs you have, it’s how you use the bombs you have – and more importantly, whether you ought to use bombs at all.
Success is not a random act. It arises out of a predictable and powerful set of circumstances and opportunities.
When it’s easy to make money, you have no incentive to think about development of talent.
Working really hard is what successful people do...
The poorer children were, to her mind, often better behaved, less whiny, more creative in making use of their own time, and have a well-developed sense of independence.
Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.