Resting in the Lord is not dependent on your external circumstances at all, but on your relationship with God Himself.

If you cover the premiums on your emotional insurance now, while you’re feeling OK, there will be less weighing on you in the months ahead.

Knowing what you can and cannot expect from each person and knowing what to do to make sure the best ideas win out are the best way to make decisions. Idea-meritocratic decision making is better than traditional autocratic or democratic decision making in almost all cases.

If no one knows or notices someone, their good work will not help them much because it will be invisible.

Successful people believe that they have the capability within themselves to make desirable things happen. It’s the reason why some people raise their hand and say, “Put me in, coach” when the boss asks for volunteers to solve a problem—and others cower in the corner, praying they won’t be noticed.

Principle-centered leadership is the personal empowerment that creates empowerment in the organization.

Don’t go too fast. Trust comes from slowing down and taking the time to pause with someone – making sure they don’t feel rushed.

A minimum viable product (MVP) helps entrepreneurs start the process of learning as quickly as possible. It is not necessarily the smallest product imaginable, though; it is simply the fastest way to get through the Build-Measure-Learn feedback loop with the minimum amount of effort.

What really helps is if they are expressed accurately, by someone on their side: you. You will not always be able to fathom out what is going on, but being kind rather than punitive towards them in their distress will encourage future cooperation and nurture your relationship with them rather than hinder it.

The problem was simple: each generation of technological improvement made fabs more expensive.