Competence Is No Longer Scarce.

Leadership Is Scarce Because Few People Are Willing To Go Through The Discomfort Required To Lead.

The Easiest Way To Thrive As An Outlier Is To Avoid Being One. At Least Among Your Most Treasured Peers. Surround Yourself With People In At Least As Much Of A Hurry, At Least As Inquisitive, At Least As Focused As You Are.

Without People Pushing Against Your Quest To Do Something Worth Talking About, It's Unlikely To Be Worth The Journey. Persist.

Self Sufficiency Appears To Be A Worthy Goal, But It's Now Impossible If You Want To Actually Get Anything Done. All Our Productivity, Leverage And Insight Comes From Being Part Of A Community, Not Apart From It. The Goal, I Think, Is To Figure Out How To Become More Dependent, Not Less.

You Know, If I Look At An Auditorium Full Of High School Students And The Big Man On Campus And His Girlfriend Are Busy Talking While The Lecture's Going On, The Rest Of The Room Is Going To Do It Because They're Powerful Sneezers. They Have Influence. They Reach Out To A Whole Bunch Of People In A Way That Makes The Idea Of Being Disrespectful Spread.