The more people told me that, you know, wow, you should be so blessed. Dont you feel blessed? And you have all this - mansion and all these beautiful things. And I said, you know - the more they told me that, the more depressed I got.
The first version of everything is janky.
Facebook makes me hate the people I know, and Reddit makes me love the people I don't.
I often think of a quote from entrepreneur Jim Rohn: 'You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. ' Surround yourself with people who are doing interesting things, who are thinking interesting thoughts, who challenge you to be better, and who come from a diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. That, combined with appropriate moments of 'me' time, provides the perfect breeding ground for great ideas. And whatever you do, don't get hung up on what competitors are doing. Be aware of what's going on in the industry, but don't let it dictate your own creative process.
The people who are going to be succeeding are not going to be waiting around for anyone's permission.
If I'm at the University of Georgia and I can't inspire this room full of students, OK, fine. I'm not going to take it personally. Maybe a little bit, but I'll be all right.
It takes discipline not to let social media steal your time.
In a world wounded by conflicts, where violence is justified in God's name, it's important to repeat that religion can never become a vehicle of hatred, it can never be used in God's name to justify violence.
The closest Ive come to knowing myself is in losing myself. Thats why I loved football before I loved music. I could lose myself in it.
Those who enter through the back door can expect to be shown out through the window
That’s where proper stories begin, don’t they, when the handsome stranger arrives and everything goes wrong?