If you're bored, maybe you're a boring person. With all there is to see and do, there's no excuse for boredom. Get up. Get going. Start a project. Finish a project. Call a friend. Call an enemy. Write something down. Tear something up. Spin something around. Find something true.

What we call ourselves can sometimes be more negative than what we're called by others. Pay close attention to names you call yourself, the words that follow 'I am...' See if those words are fear-filled and destructive. If so, write them down, undertake any needed self-improvements and then cast aside those self-imposed negative names.

Decision makers aren't interested in our pain. They're interested in their pain. They accept or reject ideas based on whether or not they think we understand their painful problems and have the ability to solve them.

When deciding between giving a longer or shorter presentation, pick shorter. 'I wish you had talked longer' are six words you'll seldom hear from audiences.

I've never met a highly creative person who wasn't highly curious.

Making a mistake isn't the problem. Doubling down to defend the mistake is the problem.

Little questions can sometimes solve big problems.

Information is good, but to spot ideas, you want insights. Lots of them. Because ideas aren't spotted in forms. They're spotted in sights -- those revelatory insights seized only when you roam new turfs, meet new people and have new experiences.

Curiosity is straight fire for creativity.

When brainstorming encourage wild and crazy ideas. Nonsense often leads to ideas that make perfect sense.