Physical affordances are things like stairs and handles and benches. Conversational affordances are things like digressions and confessions and bold claims that beg for a rejoinder. Talking to another person is like rock climbing, except you are my rock wall and I am yours. If you reach up, I can grab onto your hand, and we can both hoist ourselves... See more

Offer “office hours” for your skills. Set aside a couple of hours each week where people can book time with you for advice or help on a specific skill you excel in. It’s a way to give back and build relationships.

People choose places; places shape people; people go on to shape other people. We should be thoughtful about the kind of transformation we opt into.

We very often do not have the time to create what we need by ourselves. It’s reasonable to ask who on Earth is expected to return our emails or make our dinners while we wile away our time crafting. We’ve increased the distance between ourselves and the things we need or want—and also made for ourselves a steeper learning curve for meeting our own ... See more

Remember that work created in the spirit of commerce, that doesn’t spring from some sense of passion, some place of truth within you, will rarely be successful.

A measure of success tied to a feeling rather than a number feels enlivening precisely because it’s about what makes you come alive rather than what you think people will want.

"Go deeper and weirder and make something that is so human and so strange that it can't be duplicated by an algorithm."

people follow people and not titles, and that leadership is a role and not a job title

Love embraces slowness, likely even demands it. So why are we all in such a rush?