When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

When you're an underdog, you're forced to try things you would never otherwise have attempted.

Malcolm Gladwell

Acquaintances represent a source of social power and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.

Acquaintances represent a source of social power and the more acquaintances you have the more powerful you are.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

Truly successful decision-making relies on a balance between deliberate and instinctive thinking.

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

The trick to finding ideas is to convince yourself that everyone and everything has a story.

Nobody accomplishes success by themselves.

Nobody accomplishes success by themselves.

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.

Often a sign of expertise is noticing what doesn't happen.

Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

Incompetence annoys me. Overconfidence terrifies me.

Emotion is contagious.

Emotion is contagious.

No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.

No one who can rise before dawn three hundred sixty days a year fails to make his family rich.

Achievement is talent plus preparation

Achievement is talent plus preparation

The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.

The act of facing overwhelming odds produces greatness and beauty.

By embracing the diversity of humans beings, we will find a sure way to true happiness.

By embracing the diversity of humans beings, we will find a sure way to true happiness.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.

Hard work is a prison sentence only if it does not have meaning.

The difference isn't resources, it's attitude.

The difference isn't resources, it's attitude.

Sometimes the most modest changes can bring about enormous effects.

Sometimes the most modest changes can bring about enormous effects.

A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

A lot of what is most beautiful about the world arises from struggle.

If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

If you don't contradict yourself on a regular basis, then you're not thinking.

Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.

Practice isn't the thing you do once you're good. It's the thing you do that makes you good.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper and re-imagines the world.

The visionary starts with a clean sheet of paper and re-imagines the world.