When you understand a little bit about your children’s emotional needs and mental states, you can create this kind of positive outcome—even without United Nations peacekeeping forces.

I studied lean manufacturing, a process that originated in Japan with the Toyota Production System. This line of thought evolved into the Lean Startup: the application of lean thinking to the process of innovation.

How VCs get paid: 1) Management fee – 2% up to 3%. This is used to pay bills, salaries, etc. 2) Carried interest. 20% up to 30% of profits generated.

Your True North is the moral compass that guides your actions, derived from your most deeply held beliefs, your values, and the principles you lead by.

In short, everything is a system. The universe, the world, San Francisco Bay, the office I’m sitting in... they’re all systems.

By understanding that our perception of reality is created from the inside out, through our own thinking, we can begin to take control of our emotional experiences and free ourselves from unnecessary suffering.

More than doing things right, it’s focused on doing the right things.

I began to realize that wishing may be an underlying principle of storytelling.

Pain and loss are inevitable and we should let go of trying to resist them.

The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.