Make it your own. This means three things: Don’t look to copy other enterprises on their methods and practices, or to implement an expert-designed model. Study and learn from them, but then experiment and adapt to what works for you and your culture.

(1) talent requires deep practice; (2) deep practice requires vast amounts of energy; (3) primal cues trigger huge outpourings of energy.

Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand.

Pain + Reflection = Progress. There is no avoiding pain, especially if you’re going after ambitious goals. Believe it or not, you are lucky to feel that kind of pain if you approach it correctly, because it is a signal that you need to find solutions so you can progress.

By this shall all men know that ye are my disciples, if ye have love one to another.

Who’s to say that I can’t be that prolific? Why not me?

Only slowly could these men be guided back to the commonplace truth that no one has the right to do wrong, not even if wrong has been done to them.

Competitive markets destroy profits.

When a new investor comes in, he’ll ask for a very low valuation. At the next round, he will ask for a very high valuation (to avoid dilution).

He argues that when we listen too closely to our Self 1, we become distracted, anxious, and hesitant, which impairs our ability to access our natural abilities and perform instinctively.