Reza Saeedi

I was very lucky at Apple, because Steve [Jobs] showed me there was a way to articulate things like sensibility, intuition, taste, which all start with a feeling. But first I had to make friends with this frustrating part of myself, which was the inability to articulate what I feel.

Every difficult experience has taught me that there are two ways you can deal with hardship. You can either feel sorry for yourself, or you can orient towards the idea that life is a set of experiences that train you for the next one.

burnout isn’t about doing too much—it’s about doing the wrong things.

being kind vs. being nice are two very different things. the kind friend tells you that you’ve got something stuck in your teeth. the nice friend pretends its not there and leaves you looking like a bozo all day.

excitement and nervousness are so closely linked that your body can’t tell the difference. the only difference is the label. next time you feel nervous, call it excitement instead.