Even when you’re doing your best to stay awake to possibility, the future will find new ways to quietly walk right past you.

I’ve learned that discipline can hide fear, especially the fear of looking foolish for backing something that looks crazy. But the future cares more about what could go right , and how big it could get if it does. By the time the consensus catches up, the future no longer needs you.

Discipline tells you when your wishful thinking might be fooling you.

Secrets are earned through attention, trial and error, and faith.

The founders who change the world rarely sound like they’re guessing. They talk about something they’ve already seen that the rest of us haven’t noticed yet. It doesn’t feel like they’re pitching. It feels like they’re describing something inevitable that just hasn’t happened yet. You can sense they’re speaking from a place of discovery, not... See more

The tricky part is that radically different futures rarely announce themselves clearly.