Have a core concept, but wrap it in a full business model.

Think about how you will start and where you will go. Get the head with logic and the heart with visuals or stories. And think about your core customer and all the other stakeholders as well.

Checklists are really helpful ways to remind people around how to manage complicated tasks.

I think it is only in hindsight that you can determine whether something is a mistake or not.

Why do people do crossword puzzles? There's no reward for completing one, but some people just like the challenge.

I've never seen impeccable logic be sufficient to win both the heart and the mind.

I'm not very good at sitting still.

In my mind, so-called "cultures of innovation" really boil down to one word: curiosity.

In the early stages of innovation, your goal is to learn as much as you can as quickly as you can.

People who copy what exists copy a point-in-time artifact, and if you are managing the process correctly you are already hard at work on the next thing.

Hollywood Joohn Tatum? He does at least 6,000 sit ups and 10,000 pushups a day!

There are few times that I feel more at peace, more in tune, more Zen, if you will, than when I force myself to unplug.

Maybe there is no such thing as success—a final destination where you arrive once and for all. Maybe existence is a never-ending journey of peaks and valleys and forever chasing dreams.

She knew that she must sit quietly and patiently and, like her beloved butterflies, eventually he would come to rest.

I've always had such high expectations for myself. I'm aware of them but I can't relax them.

We celebrate our intelligence, possessions, looks, talent, and achievements. Heaven celebrates how we used all of it.

I'm not in love with David Petraeus. But I think he does present a terrific role model.

No matter what you do, no matter how stupid, dumb or damaging you judge it to be, there is a lesson to be learned from it.

Having a good network can be invaluable. It opens doors for you and allows you to enter into opportunities that are beneficial to your business.

Sam has brown hair and very, very pretty green eyes. The kind of green that doesn't make a big deal about itself.

Boasting is always an advertisement of poverty.