The direction worth going in isn't up, down, forward, or backward. It's towards. And beyond.

There's nothing more fundamentally disruptive to the status quo than a new reality.

You get one life. And if you make the mistake of choosing a profession that doesn't enrich anybody but you, you wont even live that one

Leadership simply begins with the courage to be yourself. So everyone else can be, too.

If you want to live a meaningfully better life, you're going to have to make the dangerous choice to dissent. A life lived meaningfully isn't denominated by digital friends, designer logos, or wads of paper notes. It's denominated by what you've lived, what it's worth to you, and what that's worth to humanity.

I'm firmly of the belief that your youth should be spent pursuing your passion - not just slightly, tremulously, haltingly, but unrelentingly, with a vengeance, to the max and then beyond. So dream laughably big - and then take an absurdly huge risk or two.

We're richer, but that wealth doesn't reflect durable, authentic economic value - which is hitting fast diminishing returns. The growth that we're pursuing is neither sustainable - nor is it, in many ways, real growth at all. Boardrooms from finance to autos to energy to pharma to fashion have learned that the hard way.

Yesterday's corporations visibly cannot meet today's economic challenges.

The question you must answer isn't how to get ahead. It's how to go somewhere that matters. And have fun along the way.

Leaders inspire us because they bring out the best in us.