My first collection

Encountering regular skepticism from others about your approaches is often a sign you're pushing boundaries and thinking independently.

Roger Federer, on 11-year-old Leo …

Do you coach him?

No. If I’m needed, I’m there. I’m happy to help, with other kids too. But someone else should do the coaching. I see myself more as a general manager with Leo. I didn’t push him for a long time. But for about a year now, since I’ve noticed he wants to play more and more, I’m trying to make that

Sampling is a shortcut that when done correctly gets you pretty close to the full picture, and when done poorly leads to the wrong conclusions.

• Shane Parrish

Bitter, belligerent and eyewateringly expensive

An industry once reluctant to pursue courtroom conflict can increasingly be found embracing it. Huge sums are being invested in defending positions and challenging governance. The brightest legal minds are hired to do the bidding of stakeholders, all with the intent of shoring up positions and

Me is overrated

We is underrated

Planning is overrated

Planting is underrated

Answers are overrated

Questions are underrated

Virality is overrated

Quality is underrated

If you’re lucky, age happens, and when the thought drifts by that I could inject this or lift that, I think of Joan Rivers who said, “You can either look old or weird.” There’s no third option.

Lean into discomfort: When torn between choices, the path that makes you most uncomfortable is almost always the right one. Human tendency is to avoid hard decisions, so your errors will only go in one direction — toward avoidance.

Organizations that struggle with marketing often seem to struggle with customer service, product design and supplier relationships as well.