“It’s part of the human condition—we’re wired for rites of passage.”
“Ask people questions, questions that are designed to get to who they really are.”
“If my salary triples every time I get a promotion, what am I going to be thinking about day and night? Getting promoted.”
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“Physical, face-to-face proximity—that’s the killer app.”
“The ideal place to be in life—whether you’re a writer, or an entrepreneur, or just a person figuring out how to go on a date—is to have that mixture of humility and open-minded confidence.”
“Whatever the topic is, there is a way in.”
“Big ideas often arrive with all these complications and problems.”
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“You don’t have to have any magical story-finding abilities—you just have to read the transcript.”
“Adding a few plants to a windowless room has been shown to decrease blood pressure, improve attention and productivity, and prompt more generous behavior toward others.”
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