People don't rise from nothing..

Incompetence is certainty in the absence of expertise. Overconfidence is certainty in the presence of expertise..

Instinct is the gift of experience. The first question you have to ask yourself is, 'On what basis am I making a judgment?' ... If you have no experi….

People are experience-rich and theory-poor..

The fact of being an underdog changes people in ways that we often fail to appreciate. It opens doors and creates opportunities and enlightens and pe….

The great accomplishment of Jobs's life is how effectively he put his idiosyncrasies - his petulance, his narcissism, and his rudeness - in the servi….

Part of me thinks that innovation, real innovation in health care delivery, needs to happen from the bottom to the top..

You can't concentrate on doing anything if you are thinking, “What's gonna happen if it doesn't go right?.

When crime drops dramatically in New York for no apparent reason, or when a movie made on a shoestring budget ends up making hundreds of millions of ….

People who bring transformative change have courage, know how to re-frame the problem and have a sense of urgency..

The Law of the Few... says that one critical factor in epidemics is the nature of the messenger..

A book, I was taught long ago in English class, is a living and breathing document that grows richer with each new reading..

The ethics of plagiarism have turned into the narcissism of small differences: because journalism cannot own up to its heavily derivative nature, it ….

What does it say about a society that it devotes more care and patience to the selection of those who handle its money than of those who handle its c….

The sense of possibility so necessary for success comes not just from inside us or from our parents. It comes from our time: from the particular oppo….

the 10,000hr rule is a definite key in success.

There can be as much value in the blink of an eye as in months of rational analysis..

You don't manage a social wrong. You should be ending it..

In fact, researchers have settled on what they believe is the magic number for true expertise: ten thousand hours..

Father: 'Anything but journalism.' I rebelled..

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