Neuroscientists are finding that what passes as a typical presentation is usually the worst way to engage your audience.

The most exciting business ideas fit on the back of an airplane napkin.

Clutter forces the brain to consume energy. Create uncluttered environments instead.

New research into cognitive functioning - how the brain works - proves that bullet points are the least effective way to deliver important information.

Successful presentations are understandable, memorable, and emotional

True leaders inspire people to a bigger vision.

The most inspiring leaders are those who... inspire the rest of us to be our best selves and to match our skills with our passions. They give us confidence to pursue our dreams.

Nothing is more dramatic than a well-placed pause.

In writing and speaking, three is more satisfying than any other number.

Storytelling is not something we do. Storytelling is who we are.

Why is it that we don’t worry about a compass until we’re lost in a wilderness of our own making?

Resist nothing, allow everything, and surrender that which persists.

I worked night and day for twelve years to prevent the war, but I could not. The North was mad and blind, would not let us govern ourselves, and so the war came.

Mandelstam - his gift and the untamable nature of it - was like a thorn in Stalin's brain.

Most people no longer live in nuclear families at all.

In laughter all that is evil comes together, but is pronounced holy and absolved by its own bliss.

Mountains of gold would not seduce some men, yet flattery would break them down.

We are all guilty in someone's eyes. More so our own.

I've been fortunate to work with Alfre Woodard and Jeffrey Wright; people who are artists, have careers, longevity and full lives. That looks good to me.

Rihanna, Beyonce and Nicki Minaj - we may not win, but we would have a lot of fun [in 4x400m relay team].