When it comes to a life of making change, there are no shortcuts. It is hard work, but it is time well spent.→ Jacqueline Novogratz, Manifesto for a Moral Revolution[[]----[]]I hope when we look back at this time that we see 2020 as a catalyst. I hop...

It’s important to be in the right kind of environment, and around the right kind of people. You want to be around people who have a good feel for the future, will entertain improbable plans, are optimistic, are smart in a creative way, and have a ver...

Entrepreneurship is a personal growth engine disguised as a business pursuit.→ James Clear, 3-2-1 Newsletter[[]----[]]Lots of people want the world to improve without wanting to improve themselves. Lots of people have learned to identify problems wit...

To make something good, just do it. To make something great, just re-do it, re-do it, re-do it. The secret to making fine things is in remaking them.→ Kevin Kelly, 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice[[]----[]]One of the biggest mistakes we can make with ou...

It's not enough to be inclined toward deep thought and sober analysis; a leader must create time and space for it.→ Ryan Holiday, Stillness is the Key[[]----[]]In the middle of all the current stress & uncertainty, all the disappointment & fr...

[A]mong those who've studied the needs of the evolving workplace from an educational standpoint...the consensus seems to be that this new world demands citizens who are self-learners; who are creative and resourceful; who can adjust and adapt to cons...

A worthy goal for a year is to learn enough about a subject so that you can’t believe how ignorant you were a year earlier.→ Kevin Kelly, 68 Bits of Unsolicited Advice[[]----[]]When I first began developing what would eventually become Functional Bra...

Convincing someone to change their mind is really the process of convincing them to change their tribe...The way to change people’s minds is to become friends with them, to integrate them into your tribe, to bring them into your circle→ James Clear,...

Fear is a fantastic marketing tool, which is why we can’t turn on the television or open a newspaper without seeing it at work.→ Daniel Gardner, The Science of Fear[[]----[]]A note: I first published this essay last May. Given everything going on, I'...

[T]echnology enables great service, it doesn't create great service.→ Chip Conley, Peak[[]----[]]For many of us, video chats & remote classes have been the closest thing we can get to human connection these days. Even at the start of all this, th...