Following the well-lit path, offers little in the way of magic.
You can’t fool all the people, not even most of the time. And people, once unfooled, talk about the experience.
When the room brightens when you walk in, you matter.
You can’t shrink your way to greatness!
If you’re not uncomfortable in your work as a leader, it’s almost certain you’re not reaching your potential as a leader.
Bullhorns are overrated: having ten times as many Twitter followers generates approximately zero times as much value.
But this is a remarkable egg, an egg worth talking about, an egg worth crossing the street for, an egg worth writing about.
It’s uncomfortable to resist the urge to settle.
In our desire to please everyone, it’s very easy to end up being invisible or mediocre.
When the legacy you leave behind lasts for hours, days or a lifetime, you matter.
When kids grow up wanting to be you, you matter.
Tribes makes our lives better, and leading a tribe is the best life of all.
If you want to dig a big hole, you need to stay in one place.
If there’s time for an emergency, why isn’t there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?
If you’re not proud of where you work, go work somewhere else.
Just saying yes because you can’t bear the short-term pain of saying no is not going to help you do the work.
We notice what we choose to notice.
Who gets to decide what you want?
Doing justice to the work is your task, not setting a world record.
The status quo is leaving the building, and quickly.