There was an edge of, 'Go away kid, you're bothering me'. I've kicked myself a million times since. I could've discovered Whitney Houston.
You're not smarter than your competitor. Just copy what they do and do it until you get their numbers.
Not having a clear goal leads to death by a thousand compromises.
My approach is that you have to earn the respect of people you work with.
Don't lose sight of user delight.
Get five or six of your smartest friends in a room and ask them to rate your idea.
The only way people will have the trust to give their all to their job is if they feel like their contribution is recognized and valued.
We are all creators. Whether or not we create is not up to us. We are human, and creating is what we do. Every interaction, movement, and decision is creativity at work. We are all artists. We all order creation around us into the world that we want to make.
Tax reform has been used as a crutch, as a smokescreen and as candy coating for the hard choices that have to be made.
The twentieth century had a wonderful capacity for seeing nothing as the sum of everything.
if Saint Bruce doesn't like your poem, he chops your head off.