The determination that led me to create a new sports team taught me an important lesson: opportunity is manufactured.
BIZ STONEPositive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
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The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It’s much more interesting that way.
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You can shut down a service, and yet people will find ways to communicate.
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The two things I use the most are the MacBook Air and my iPhone. Those are my two most-used gadgets that are dented, scratched and smashed.
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This idea that the open exchange of information can have a positive global impact is being proven over and over again around the world nearly on a daily basis – and for Secretary Clinton to recognize that, I think, is a huge step.
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What if the New York Times gave out free, cheap Kindles to everyone and said this is how we’re doing it now. You know? Maybe that’s a way to go.
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When you think about Twitter, there are people all around the world reporting twenty-four seven, every second. They’re reporting what they’re seeing and what’s happening around them. So there’s a lot of potential for breaking news.
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I realized ceativity is a renewable resource. You never run out of good ideas
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Positive culture comes from being mindful, and respecting your coworkers, and being empathetic.
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You curate information that you want to receive. It’s a lot different because I’m not asking you if it’s okay, I’m just saying I’m following your updates. That’s why I don’t think of Twitter as a social network.
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Both my wife and I have a lot of compassion for animals in general.
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Willingness to take risks is the path to success.
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Experience and curiosity drive us to make unexpected, offbeat connections. It is these nonlinear steps that often lead to the greatest work.
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In order to succeed spectacularly you have to be willing to fail spectacularly.
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You have to have an emotional investment in what you’re doing. If you don’t love what you’re doing, failure is pretty much guaranteed.
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The most rewarding thing for me has been this affirmation for me that people are basically good and smart, and if you give them a simple tool that allows them to exhibit that behavior, they’ll prove it to you every single day.
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