The economy works better for some people than others. Success isn’t as meritocratic as it used to be and, when success is granted, it’s rewarded with higher gains than in previous eras.

What you believe about your life is what you will make true about your life.

I speak to everyone in the same way, whether he is the garbage man or the president of the university.

Off-Load Your Memory With Your Camera Phone

The Third Way is all about ensuring that we’re continually putting tension into the system, so that we’re continually reinforcing habits and improving something. Resilience engineering tells us that we should routinely inject faults into the system, doing them frequently, to make them less painful.

Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.

Being open to receive is like... everything!

A mother cannot truly respect her child as long as she does not realize what deep shame she causes him with an ironic remark, intended only to cover her own uncertainty.

The best-laid plans were worthless. Without successful execution, the best-laid plans were worthless.

Healthy organizations out-compete smart organizations (but of course it is best to be both healthy and smart).