Creating Art Is A Habit,

The Notion That I Do My Work Here, Now, Like This, Even When I Do Not Feel Like It, And Especially When I Do Not Feel Like It, Is Very Important. Because Lots And Lots Of People Are Creative When They Feel Like It, But You Are Only Going To Become A Professional If You Do It When You Don't Feel Like It. And That Emotional Waiver Is Why This Is Your Work And Not Your Hobby.

You Win By Trying. And Failing. Test, Try, Fail, Measure, Evolve, Repeat, Persist.

Great Leaders Don't Try To Please Everyone. Great Leaders Don't Water Down Their Message In Order To Make The Tribe A Bit Bigger. Instead, They Realize That A Motivated, Connected Tribe In The Midst Of A Movement Is Far More Powerful Than A Larger Group Could Ever Be.

The Unhappy Theory Of Business Ethics Is This: You Have A Fiduciary Responsibility To Maximize Profit. Period. To Do Anything Other Than That Is To Cheat Your Investors. And In A Competitive World, You Don't Have Much Wiggle Room Here.

I Think It's Fascinating To Note That Some Of The Most Successful Organizations Of Our Time Got There By Focusing Obsessively On Service, Viewing Compensation As An Afterthought Or A Side Effect. As Marketing Gets More And More Expensive, It Turns Out That Caring For People Is A Useful Shortcut To Trust, Which Leads To All The Other Things That A Growing Organization Seeks.