An idea isn't worth that much. It's the execution of the idea that has value. If you can't convince one other person that this is something to devote your life to, then it's not worth it.
Interpretation
Ideas are valuable only when they are acted upon and can inspire others.
This quote emphasizes that merely having a good idea is not sufficient; what truly matters is the ability to execute the idea and garner support from others. If an idea cannot engage or convince at least one other person to commit to it, its potential is limited, indicating the importance of collaboration and execution in achieving success.
In practice
In a motivational speech to young entrepreneurs discussing the importance of action.
Usability is not everything. If usability engineers designed a nightclub, it would be clean, quiet, brightly lit, with lots of places to sit down, plenty of bartenders, menus written in 18-point sans-serif, and easy-to-find bathrooms. But nobody would be there. They would all be down the street at Coyote Ugly pouring beer on each other.
There's a subtle reason that programmers always want to throw away the code and start over. The reason is that they think the old code is a mess. [...] The reason that they think the old code is a mess is because of a cardinal, fundamental law of programming: It's harder to read code than to write it.
A user interface is well-designed when the program behaves exactly how the user thought it would.
I don't want people to think I'm not happy when we win - I am. But there's a difference between being happy for the feeling of accomplishing something and being overjoyed and feeling, 'This is it - we conquered the world.' We didn't. We just won a game.
Real success is finding your lifework in the work that you love.
The person interested in success has to learn to view failure as a healthy, inevitable part of the process of getting to the top.
The door to a balanced success opens widest on the hinges of hope and encouragement.
Every dream I've ever had in life has come true ten times over.
Most people who go into business for themselves and, therefore, believe they are entrepreneurs, are doomed to struggle because they don't have a true Entrepreneurial Perspective. They have a Technician's Perspective.
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