Once in a rare while, somebody comes along who doesn't just raise the bar, they create an entirely new standard of measurement.
Believe that if you make courageous choices and bet on yourself and put yourself out there, that you will have an impact, as a result of what you do. And you don't need to know now what that would be or how will it happen because no one ever does.
The key is to just get on the bike, and the key to getting on the bike… is to stop thinking about ‘there are a bunch of reasons I might fall off’ and just hop on and peddle the damned thing. You can pick up a map, a tire pump, and better footwear along the way.
Managing by trying to be liked is the path to ruin.
When you are doing what you love to do, you become resilient.
There is no script. Live your life. Soak it all in.
Don't always worry about what your next line is supposed to be. There is no script. Live your life. Be in this moment.
The way you build trust with your people is by being forthright and clear with them from day one. You may think people are fooled when you tell them what they want to hear. They are not fooled.
What is the thing that matters most to making progress right now?
As you get ready to walk out under the bright lights of the improvisational stage of the rest of your life... be bold. Don't always worry about what your next line is going to be.
Successful businesses measure and count things. I think that's a safe assumption on top of which we can drop the following hypothesis: unsuccessful business either measure nothing, the wrong things, too many things, or finally, they measure the right things but they don't communicate the measurements efficiently.
Not only can you not plan the impact you're going to have, you often won't recognize it when you're having it.
Believe that if you make courageous choices, and bet on yourself, then you will have an impact.
When youre doing what you love to do, you become resilient. You create a habit of taking chances on yourself. If you do whats expected of you, and things go poorly, you will look to external sources for what to do next, because that will be your habit. You will be standing there frozen. If you are just filling a role, you will be blindsided.
I was in Shanghai recently, where Twitter is blocked, and yet there were ads and billboards across town with hashtags on them.
Don't always worry what your next line is going to be.
