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" A great merchant delivers both joy and profit. Then profit gets reinvested in more joy. "
Profit
More
Great
" A little narcissism is good. At least that's what I am telling myself. "
Myself
I Am
Little
" A protective self-narrative during conflict and duress sometimes obscures us from seeing the worst in ourselves. When the self-sustaining haze lifts after that conflict has subsided, we may recognize in ourselves the flaws the other saw in us at the time that we didn't have the emotional bandwidth to examine in the moment. "
Time
Conflict
Flaws
" Being a founder is about being so driven to distraction by the world that you want to put something new in it. It's an act of creation, of irreverence, of defiance, of hope, and arguably one of narcissism. "
Narcissism
World
Creation
" Bonobos are not monkeys! Bonobos are apes. "
Monkeys
" Culture is an output of a bunch of inputs that have to come together the right way. Specifically, it is the collision of people and their context, how they interact with each other in that context, and then how that context evolves based on those interactions as they multiply. "
Way
Right
Together
" Empathy is the bridge to understand those who you may be lucky to one day lead, and it is - in my opinion - the most under-appreciated human skill in business. "
Business
Empathy
Bridge
" From Nike, we buy victory. From Under Armour, we buy protection. From Lululemon, we buy zen. From Patagonia, we buy conservation. From BMW, we buy performance. "
BMW
Protection
Performance
" Honesty is love. "
Honesty
Love
Honesty Is
" It's easy to be cynical about American politics. It's more important not to be. "
American
Politics
Important
" I've been in thousands of conversations dripping with misogyny. I've initiated many of those conversations myself. From my fraternity roots to my bachelor days in New York, I know I have not always shown up in ways that I am proud of. "
I Am
Proud
Roots
" Leadership is inspiring people. Management is keeping the trains running on time. "
Time
People
Management
" Money talks, and when it starts to say goodbye, humans listen and act accordingly. "
Listen
Humans
Act
" Narcissistic personality disorder (NPD) cannot be medicated. It is treatable only through therapy. The problem is therapy is rarely sought by the afflicted. It cannot be cured. "
Personality
Therapy
Problem
" Only by being obsessed with little things do amazing things emerge. "
Things
Only
Little Things
" Passion provides purpose, but data drives decisions. "
Passion
Purpose
Decisions
" People who are great at making decisions in the face of uncertainty have great judgment. "
Decisions
People
Judgment
" Taking risks and being focused, sometimes, are at odds. Both are required to build a great company. "
Sometimes
Risks
Taking Risks
" Tenacity is not about avoiding being overwhelmed but being indomitable in the face of the overwhelming odds of your venture's failure. "
Failure
Overwhelmed
Face
" The American lionization of the entrepreneur is to ignore its foibles - the narcissism, the workaholism, the neglect of family, the imbalance, the obsession. These are not universally good things, though they are frequently universal to building great companies. "
Great
Ignore
Good Things
" The history of innovation is the story of ideas that seemed dumb at the time. "
History
Ideas
Innovation
" The loudest voice in the room, sometimes, is the absent voice of the silenced. "
Sometimes
Room
Loudest
" To an entrepreneur, closing a financing often feels like the end of a marathon. It's actually the starting gun. "
Entrepreneur
End
Gun
" Tolerance, diversity, and inclusion are not political opinions. They are non-negotiable human rights - hard fought and secured in America. "
Political
Opinions
Diversity
" When the forces of liberalism and capitalism converge, change happens. "
Liberalism
Happens
Capitalism
" Why should men be constrained by antiquated stereotypes of masculinity? What does it even mean to 'Be a Real Man' anymore? Shouldn't we all be celebrating a wide range of definitions of manhood? "
Stereotypes
Real Man
Men
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