on leadership

The weird thing is that the word “leader” itself is cliché and boring, but when you come across somebody who actually is a real leader, that person isn’t cliché or boring at all; in fact he’s sort of the opposite of cliché and boring.

Obviously, a real leader isn’t just somebody who has ideas you agree with, nor is it just somebody you happen to be

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The role of art is to embody virtue

The number-one-by-a-mile way that people avoid living their values is by going out into the world and telling everyone else how important those values are and how everyone needs to be living them.

Finding the values and principles you live by isn't always easy. Giving yourself opportunities to live by them and make them a default reflex can be brutally hard. But writing them down, sharing them with the people around you, having them do the same, and then all of you practicing coming together in loving, supportive presence, not to call each o... See more

A single, truly empowered individual can counterbalance the inertia of thousands who remain stuck in fear, anger, or shame.

That individual is Danny DeVito.

The amount of people who seem to live as if cowardice were heavily rewarded really make me think that simply being brave has a greater effect on life outcomes than intelligence, conscientiousness, beauty, etc.