Persistent people are able to visualize the idea of light at the end of the tunnel when others can’t see it.
How was your day? If your answer was “fine,” then I don’t think you were leading.
A tribe is a group of people connected to one another, connected to a leader, and connected to an idea. For millions of years, human beings have been part of one tribe or another. A group needs only two things to be a tribe: a shared interest and a way to communicate.
No one knows more about the way you think than you do.
As soon as we associate reading with a test, we’ve missed the point.
Excellence isn’t about working extra hard to do what you’re told. It’s about taking the initiative to do work you decide is worth doing.
If not enough people doubt you, you’re not making a difference.
If failure is not an option, then neither is success.
Leaders lead when they take positions, when they connect with their tribes, and when they help the tribe connect to itself.
Art is a personal act of courage, something one human does that creates change in another.
In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn’t necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.
Communication is the transfer of emotion.
Criticism comes to those who stand out.
The best way to be missed when you’re gone, Is to stand for something when you’re here.
As our society gets more complex and our people get more complacent, the role of the jester is more vital than ever before. Please stop sitting around. We need you to make a ruckus.
The people who are the best in the world specialize at getting really good at the questions they don’t know.
Strategic quitting is the secret of successful organizations.
Leadership, on the other hand, is about creating change you believe in.
Big ideas are little ideas that no-one killed too soon.
Being aware of your fear is smart. Overcoming it is the mark of a successful person.