Every product and service is sold on the promise of a better future. The purpose of business is to deliver on the promise, and profit is the reward for doing so.

Tribalism is the most powerful force in the world.

Motivation is a battle for the heart, not just an appeal to the mind. Passion is always an expression of the soul.

The promise of every product and service is a better life. Profits are the prize for delivering on the promise.

People will only follow you if they see you're ahead, are convinced you know the route, trust you, and want to get there too.

The future is about emotion: reactions to events are usually far more important than the events themselves.

Business strategy is the battleplan for a better future.

Take hold of the future or the future will take hold of you - be futurewise.

Life is too short to waste on things that don't matter.

The phrase "work-life balance" tells us that people think that work is the opposite of life. We should be talking about life-life balance.

The risk of a business being hit by a low probability, high impact event is far higher than most boards realize because the number of potential wild cards is so great.

There are years that ask questions and years that answer.

The most difficult adversary I have ever faced happens to look just like me.

Only those who can see the invisible, can do the impossible.

Age considers youth ventures.

When you have a lot of fake selves, most of the time it's because you haven't had parents around so you try to build characters to protect yourself.

Why did the 14-year old Mexican girl end up pregnant? Because her teacher told her to go do an essay.

The implications are clear: Facebook wants to build an Internet where watching films, listening to music, reading books and even browsing is done not just openly but socially and collaboratively.

The arts must study their occasions; they must stand modestly aside until they can slip in fitly into the interstices of life.

Private equity has been the purview of super wealthy individuals and institutions.

One of the booby traps of freedom - which is bordered on all sides by isolation - is that we think so well of ourselves. I now see that I have helped myself to the best cuts at life's banquet.