Our job is obvious: we need to get out of the way, shine a light, and empower a new generation to teach itself and to go further and faster than any generation ever has.
There’s a big difference between not settling and not starting.
Nine years of experience is very different from one year of experience, nine times.
Fire the committee. No great website in history has been conceived of by more than three people. Not one. This is a deal breaker.
Once you free yourself from the need for perfect acceptance, it’s a lot easier to launch work that matters.
Your generosity is more important than your perfection.
In the long run, doing work that’s important leads to more happiness than doing work that’s merely profitable.
Do you believe in what you do? Every day? It turns out that belief happens to be a brilliant strategy.
The less people know, the more they yell.
Great innovations, powerful interactions and real art are often produced by someone in a state of wonder. Looking around with stars in your eyes and amazement at the tools that are available to you can inspire generosity and creativity and connection.
Busy does not equal important. Measured doesn’t mean mattered.
Successful people are the ones who are breaking the rules.
Not adding value is the same as taking it away.
Not only are bloggers suckers for the remarkable, so are the people who read blogs.
Most of your competition spend their days looking forward to those rare moments when everything goes right. Imagine how much leverage you have if you spend your time maximizing those common moments when it doesn’t.
The fatigue was there, but some people understood that putting it aside was the single most important factor in succeeding.
Remarkable visions and genuine insights are always met with resistance.
People who can spread ideas regardless of what those ideas are, win.
Keep starting until you finish.
Perfect can’t possibly be the goal, we’re left with generous, important and human instead.