Knowing what environments are a good fit requires a person to know about themselves, in other words, to have self-awareness.

No matter how you define success, you will need to be resilient, empowered, authentic, and limber to get there.

Only through becoming aware of yourself and your limitations can you be transparent with others.

Understanding what is being said is only a fraction of the task of communicating. Taking in signals from the entire context is critical.

Being in touch with your strengths and weaknesses, as well as what motivates you, will help you be more successful in your job.

Take time to reflect, let ideas flow on their own schedule and let yourself have numerous bad ideas to inspire the good ones.

Technical expertise is only a tiny portion of what it takes to be a successful employee and, particularly, a successful leader.

One thing they do not teach you in college is what you will actually be doing in a career of your choosing.

Among the tortures and devastations of life is this then—our friends are not able to finish their stories.

They should make earplugs for people who are grieving, so we don't have to hear the stupid things people say, but I'd look like a dork in them." -Corinna

I couldn't imagine her leaving this world without ripping its fabric.

The paradox of endurance sports is that an athlete can never work as hard as he wants, because if he pushes himself too far, his hematocrit will fall.

Propaganda is amazing. People can be led to believe anything.

When we talk about what we believe we divide. When we talk about who we believe in we unite.

The specific course you decide upon is, within certain parameters, less important than the vigor with which you execute it.

I don't like to stop. I believe when you stop, you die.

Jazz is my adventure.

I don't have space to enter into the examples or the history of this, so I'm left with having to make the bold statement that culture is extinct.