Working smart is harder than working hard. It’s just less visible, and we care too much about what others see.

Good fortune and talent are both ingredients of success, but like any recipe, they can be substituted with clever alternatives. The one irreplaceable ingredient I’ve found, however, is work.

Genius has less to do with the size of your mind than how open it is.

Great stories build relationships and make people care. Those two things are necessary to change anything.