The person I find when I have been alone for a while—and have had a chance to reflect, process, and grow from my experience—is more likely to be at a higher level of maturity.

The twentysomething years are real time and ought to be lived that way.

I am learning that the best cure for hypocrisy is community. Hypocrisy is not so much the result of not living what I preach but much more of not confessing my inability to fully live up to my own words.

Courage starts with showing up and letting ourselves be seen.

The essence of effectiveness is achieving the results you want in a way that enables you to get even more of these results in the future.

Successful people make time for learning, networking, and reading.

The fundamental issue in resolving traumatic stress is to restore the proper balance between the rational and emotional brains.

In storytelling, getting the audience a little off-base and upsetting their normal perceptions can put them into a receptive mood.

Our pain never outstrips what he himself shares in. We are never alone.

Don’t rely on consensus or voting. In teams, different people have different levels of expertise. It makes sense to rely on those whose level of expertise is higher.